Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When we replace religion, Christian and otherwise, with human decency instead of superstition.. Walt Bill Smith 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 > > > >