Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aren't they also stopping ANY protesters at the border? Julian (put a UV filter on the lens!) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Deadman" <john@pinkheadedbug.com> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Welcome... > on 4/19/01 1:06 PM, Paul Chefurka at Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com wrote: > > > There's an international globalization meeting going on this weekend in Quebec > > City, 5 hours drive away. Unfortunately I'm not going. > > me neither, unfortunately. I was all set to go and photography this but I > realised getting arrested, which is always a possibility at these events, > would be pretty stupid in view of my current immigration application. There > will probably be something in Toronto too and I might try that. > > I find the wall they built around Quebec City quite extraordinary. I don't > think this would be tolerated in most mature democracies. Even more > extraordinary is the govt and police's refusal to answer questions about it. > > I do think this has all the makings of something quite nasty. > > One suggestion for those who ARE photographing: if you are afraid of film > being seized, take a few stamped addressed envelopes and periodically post > your exposed film to yourself when you past mailboxes. > -- > Johnny Deadman > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > >