Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hubris! sd On Feb 14, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > On Feb 14, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Gerry Walden wrote: > >> As a UK photographer who has often photographed the police on riot >> control etc. I find this proposal frightening. Whilst I am in >> favour of anything that stops a terrorist carry out any of their >> actions, it does mean that anybody who photographs a police >> officer can be guilty of an offence because any image showing a >> police officers face (or any other identifiable mark) could be of >> use to terrorists, and their have already been instances of >> photographers being arrested, questioned and having their cards >> wiped. The mere fact that you are arrested means that they can >> fingerprint you and dna test you in this country, which already >> has the greatest number of cctv cameras per head of population of >> anywhere in the world. > > > I think we must all reflect on the outcome of terrorist actions on > your country and mine, > > and ask simply, > > "how in the world all of this has come about...?" > > > Steve >> >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 >> www.gerrywalden.co.uk >> www.stockuk.co.uk >> >> On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:04, Walt Johnson wrote: >> >>> Sounds like the beginning of the end to me.... >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information