Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The whole idea of a public place ... because it is, anyone and everyone is welcome to be there, can be subject to private whims and not the same laws that govern other public places. My definition of public places is not "somewhere financed by tax-payers' money". We had a similar discussion in Gothenburg. There is a movement to publish high quality magazines. These are then given to people who would otherwise be pan-handling. They sell them instead of begging. One "mall" or "private place" tried to run them off. I forget the whole process (I knew it was so absurd to call a mall "private" that I didn't even pay much attention). We have something in Sweden called "allemansrätt" (every-man's-right). It is not possible to put up a sign "No trespassing". It's not a law, it's just a tradition right going back as far as anyone can remember, at least the 1500's. According to "allemansrätt" I may go out pick berries, mushrooms, flowers, fallen limbs (to make wreathes, for example. You can't cut down a tree, but you can take branches from trees that have already fallen) or just walk around. I can do this as long as I do not disturb the privacy of the owner ... that is, I can't walk into their yard and pick flowers, but I can go anywhere else on their land. I can take pictures, I can start small fires (with discretion), I can camp out all night on their land without asking. To say I can't take a picture in a mall. Not only wierd, but pure stupidity. I wonder where that idea comes from? Daniel On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, B. D. Colen wrote: > What's so weird? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel > Ridings > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:36 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Inspired but arrested > > > > After all, a Mall isn't like walking down the street, it's privately > owned > > and controlled by the rules and regulations set by the owners and no > > amount of posturing, my rights etc., are going to let you off the > > hook. > > Wierd, really wierd. > > Daniel > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html