Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In Communist countries, including my native Poland, photographing railway stations was also illegal, not because of terrorism but because they were considered part of the military infrastructure... Nothing new under the sun. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Aug 15, 2012, at 5:51 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > It is called PARANOIA! It is happening all over the world. Here in India > they banned photographing in railway stations - as if a potential terrorist > will come with a honking big DSLR to case the joint when he can > surreptitiously do it far more efficiently with a camera phone - which the > brain dead authorities can never control anyway. Madness! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:15 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Sorry I just read this and I see it as nothing more than the idiocy of >> over the top officialdom gone comepletely crazy! They are all brain >> damaged >> unfortunately and watching to many Hollywood movies about terrorism! >> >> Not one iota of common sense, logic or anything of a normal mental state! >> Basically it's nothing more than a form of simple paranoia and lack of a >> reasonable mental state! >> >> Oh well that's life in some countries! >> >> cheers, >> Dr. ted >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at >> gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:34 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Criminalizing Photography >> >> >> >> I guess we will have to go out on our shields. Do they have a compendium >>> of terrorists using a camera in public? >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> Jeffery L. Smith >>> New Orleans, Louisiana >>> USA >>> >>> On Aug 14, 2012, at 22:20, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> from the New York Times - >>>> http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/**2012/08/14/criminalizing-** >>>> photography/?_r=1&pagewanted=**all<http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/criminalizing-photography/?_r=1&pagewanted=all> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See >>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>>> more information >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >