Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely. Military, contractors, police, rent-a-cops and other so-called authority figures must be challenged and exposed whenever and where ever they apply inappropriate and/or illegal uses of force, whether verbal, physical or lethal, on photographers, journalists and civilians. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Apr 6, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Philip Forrest wrote: > As a former troop on that very ground, I think that more of these > records of injustice ought to be seen by the world, not less. The > coalition has been responsible for over 100,000 deaths in this > campaign > and some estimates approach 1/4 million. > It's not acceptable. > > Phil Forrest > > > > On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:30:03 +1000 > Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Richard because firstly it is a link to footage that your government >> has not authorised for release, because such footage can have >> security implications (including for example inclusion of weapon >> system parameters if it is not sanitised from the footage (and hence >> can aid your enemies), because the language used in the site conveys >> opinion which does have political finger pointing involved, because >> casual viewers don't know what has actually happened nor the >> circumstances, and the propaganda implications can harm your >> government etc. The military on the ground will likely have differnt >> opinions to casual observers at home. Unless you are suggesting that >> your military has deliberately set out to target Press members >> apparently involved then it has nothing to do with free press or >> photographers marching in the streets for their rights or whatever. >> >> However, I was expressing my personal opinion. I am not in charge of >> the LUG. Feel free to disagree with me off list if you wish. >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 6 April 2010 13:44, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: >> >>> I disagree, if the "discussion" degenerates into political finger >>> pointing and whatnots, that's different. >>> >>> What happened to all the "lets march on the street" to support our >>> rights to >>> bear cameras people? Innocent people were killed because they are >>> in the wrong place and they carried cameras. >>> >>> Sad. >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Geoff Hopkinson >>> <hopsternew at gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> In my opinion this is inappropriate for the LUG. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Geoff >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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