Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fundamental questions here: - Did the 9/11 hijackers need photos to do their deed? - Did the Madrid bombers need photos of the train to do their deed? - Would terrorists need photos of the NYC subway to attack it? Of course not. For the plane attacks, they needed flying lessons, not photos. For railway attacks, all they'd need is about $20 for several fares, and spend the day riding the trains and making mental notes. For the coordinated attacks themselves, add explosives and a couple of cheap wristwatches to synchronize the actual blasts. Nothing more. Arresting/harassing photographers making images of public edifices like bridges, power plants, etc does not, in any way, make anybody safer. It's 'feel good' security - it makes it LOOK like the Gov't is protecting the citizenry...but it's false security. Craig Zeni Mayberry, NC On Jul 15, 2004, at 4:48 PM, Dan C wrote: > If it were completely unimaginable to photograph a power plant with an > 8x10 > camera, and I were a terrorist, that would be my camera of choice. If > those 911 hijackers were willing to spend something like $500,000 in > preparations, including flying lessons, I can imagine someone > learning how > to use an 8x10 camera to photograph sensitive targets under the cover > of > making "fine-art". > > -dan c. > > At 11:29 AM 15-07-04 -0700, Frank Filippone wrote: >> was threatened to go to jail for actions that were suspicious. Can >> you >> imagine any rational cop ( operative word is rational) that would >> think an >> 8x10 camera, on a tripod, with all the paraphernalia, photographing a >> power >> plant, is a suspicious act? The power plant has been there since >> the 70's >> ( probably there in the 30's, but I am not sure). Photographed >> extensively >> for its fine art promise. If you were going to get a picture of >> something >> for nefarious reasons, wouldn't you just go to the WEB files and get a >> picture from some other photographer? Would you use an 8x10 monster? >> Would >> you OWN an 8x10 monster if you were a nefarious type? >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >