Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/12

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Subject: [Leica] Another Door Closed to Photography
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Sat Jul 12 17:15:50 2008
 
This is NSW only, but I CANNOT believe Australians will allow this sort of 
crap. We live in paranoid times

--- sonc.hegr@gmail.com wrote:

From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Another Door Closed to Photography
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:56:45 -0500

Meanwhile The Pope is visiting Australia and is expected to face
protesters.

According to the Boston Globe:

A new law that gives authorities the power to order anyone to stop behavior
considered "annoying" toward the pilgrims has been assailed as a form of
censorship. Anyone who does not comply with the regulations could face a
fine of $5,300.