Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, That is brilliant - thanks for sharing. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Chris Saganich <chs2018 at med.cornell.edu>wrote: > > It is the very definition of sinister. It is also number 6 of "Fourteen > Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt" by Umberto Eco. > > http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_blackshirt.html > > > > > At 04:11 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote: > >> It just seems like a desperate grasp for a simple solution to a complex >> problem. I don't think the 9/11 hijackers needed to photograph the WTC to >> perpetrate their act, nor Timothy McVey, but you feel helpless thinking >> there's nothing you can do -- but if you invent something that you _CAN_ >> stop, create your own meter, you feel less helpless. Why would a terrorist >> take a photo on a subway? There's no reason I can think of, but if you can >> say "we stopped 324 suspicious people on the subway this year" it looks >> like >> you're doing something. And people who look like they're doing something >> get >> re-elected. It's hard to find terrorists, it's easy to find people with >> cameras. >> >> >> On Sep 8, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Chris Saganich wrote: >> >> > >> > I suppose they couldn't imagine any other way a terrorist could be >> operationalizing his evil plot. Their lack of imagination now equals my >> lack of confidence. >> > >> > >> > At 02:08 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote: >> >> >From the Strobist blog, TSA fundamentally misunderstands photography & >> the first amendment, encourages people to call police when they see people >> taking photos: >> >> >> >> >> http://carlosmiller.com/2010/09/07/tsa-publishes-new-posters-depicting-photographers-as-terrorists/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > Chris Saganich MS, CPH >> > Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics >> > Weill Medical College of Cornell University >> > New York Presbyterian Hospital >> > chs2018 at med.cornell.edu >> > http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ >> > Ph. 212.746.6964 >> > Fax. 212.746.4800 >> > Office A-0049 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Chris Saganich MS, CPH > Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > chs2018 at med.cornell.edu > http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > Office A-0049 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >