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Subject: [Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures
From: wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)
Date: Thu Mar 30 23:18:50 2006
 
The sad truth is the free, and unfortunately the predominantly Christian, 
world is at war. When will it ever end is my question. 

Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote:  Scary,

I wasn't arrested yesterday in the London underground but I was told I 
couldn't make any pictures.
It seems that they are afraid that people photograph places in which 
they can hide explosives. It was a friendly guy so no offense taken.
At the airport my camera bag was searched. I lost half a roll of film 
because they wanted to see the inside of my rolleicord. There used to be 
a day that the English policemen didn't wear weapons. At the airport 
they now carry a big automatic weapon and a handgun.
In Paris at the Eiffel tower you can see armed army men to protect the 
people.
It is getting a scary world indeed.

Kind regards,

Michiel Fokkema

Jim Laurel wrote:
> I caught this in today's ASMP newswatch. Yet another news story about a 
> photographer being arrested. Land of the free indeed. More like land 
> of the scared.
> 
> Last week Ben Hider, a photographer in White Plains, NY, was detained by 
> police for several hours because he took pictures of the flags in front 
> of the court house. Later, a spokesman for the court administration 
> issued an apology. But the police union refused to apologize, saying the 
> officers were trying to follow their instructions in the absence of a 
> sensible policy. Apparently, in a previous situation, the cops were 
> scolded by court officials for NOT detaining an individual.
> 
> More details on the WABC Eyewitness News website, shortcut is 
> http://tinyurl.com/m32sd
> 
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