Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christians have always been a argumentive lot, so we really don't know when they will sit down in brotherly love :-) Daniel On 3/31/06, Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com> wrote: > The sad truth is the free, and unfortunately the predominantly Christian, > world is at war. When will it ever end is my question. > > Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote: Scary, > > I wasn't arrested yesterday in the London underground but I was told I > couldn't make any pictures. > It seems that they are afraid that people photograph places in which > they can hide explosives. It was a friendly guy so no offense taken. > At the airport my camera bag was searched. I lost half a roll of film > because they wanted to see the inside of my rolleicord. There used to be > a day that the English policemen didn't wear weapons. At the airport > they now carry a big automatic weapon and a handgun. > In Paris at the Eiffel tower you can see armed army men to protect the > people. > It is getting a scary world indeed. > > Kind regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > > Jim Laurel wrote: > > I caught this in today's ASMP newswatch. Yet another news story about a > > photographer being arrested. Land of the free indeed. More like land > > of the scared. > > > > Last week Ben Hider, a photographer in White Plains, NY, was detained by > > police for several hours because he took pictures of the flags in front > > of the court house. Later, a spokesman for the court administration > > issued an apology. But the police union refused to apologize, saying the > > officers were trying to follow their instructions in the absence of a > > sensible policy. Apparently, in a previous situation, the cops were > > scolded by court officials for NOT detaining an individual. > > > > More details on the WABC Eyewitness News website, shortcut is > > http://tinyurl.com/m32sd > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > --------------------------------- > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great > rates starting at 1?/min. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >