Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It just seems like a desperate grasp for a simple solution to a complex problem. I don't think the 9/11 hijackers needed to photograph the WTC to perpetrate their act, nor Timothy McVey, but you feel helpless thinking there's nothing you can do -- but if you invent something that you _CAN_ stop, create your own meter, you feel less helpless. Why would a terrorist take a photo on a subway? There's no reason I can think of, but if you can say "we stopped 324 suspicious people on the subway this year" it looks like you're doing something. And people who look like they're doing something get re-elected. It's hard to find terrorists, it's easy to find people with cameras. On Sep 8, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Chris Saganich wrote: > > I suppose they couldn't imagine any other way a terrorist could be > operationalizing his evil plot. Their lack of imagination now equals my > lack of confidence. > > > At 02:08 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote: >> >From the Strobist blog, TSA fundamentally misunderstands photography & >> >the first amendment, encourages people to call police when they see >> >people taking photos: >> >> http://carlosmiller.com/2010/09/07/tsa-publishes-new-posters-depicting-photographers-as-terrorists/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Chris Saganich MS, CPH > Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > chs2018 at med.cornell.edu > http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > Office A-0049 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information