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Subject: [Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Mar 31 18:51:05 2006
References: <E32EB0FC-3E2D-4070-B525-B3F378BA23E8@spectare.com> <"442CD594.904 0700"@wanadoo.nl> <442D8044.4090407@adrenaline.com> <442DE441.5010802@eth.net>

He might have said that, and whatever else Nancy told him to say :-)

Walt

ayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Talking of Reagan, didnt he once say that the most dangerous words in 
> the english language were "I am from the federal government, and I am 
> here to help"?
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> Scott McLoughlin wrote:
>
>> I grew up politically under Reagan (I'm 40), was pumped full of
>> stories of the Soviet Evil Empire for 8 years, and I know the real
>> term for this:
>>
>> Police state.
>>
>> It was wrong for the Sov's, and it's wrong for Western countries
>> too.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> Michiel Fokkema 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
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from jplaurel at spectare.com (Jim Laurel) ([Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures)
Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures)
Message from jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures)