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Subject: [Leica] Sant Felip de Neri School - Children
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:28:55 +0530
References: <BD17B561-25C5-4D5E-A824-64AB6E8B04C2@gmail.com> <52A6D649.1060104@icloud.com> <CEB31EA0-218A-473A-B381-816C07632D68@gmail.com> <52A7A27C.4070707@jayburleson.com>

Actually, I seldom take photographs unless I am in a group, or in an
extremely touristy place, in the UK. I can do without dealing with
overbearing cops (remember they will be even more overbearing than
normal as I am recognizably from the sub continent) - and I can shoot
enough street to my hearts content at home, anyway!

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> 
wrote:
> I haven't shared this story yet, but last August while I was in Weymouth, a
> resort town in Dorset, southern UK, I was accosted by the beach lifeguards
> with a threat to call the police on me if I didn't cease and desist taking
> "illegal" pictures of "children".
> Apparently, some child's mother told them I was taking pictures as I walked
> along the beach.
> Which I was, but their immediate assumption was that I was there for
> nefarious purposes.
> I held my tongue, since I was in a foreign country and really didn't want 
> to
> spend time explaining myself to the police.
> I am most definitely an Anglophile, but this attitude in the UK is one that
> really needs societal adjustment.
>
> As a counterpoint, no one said a thing to me while photographing the
> Barcelona beaches, children included, even when some adults were semi-nude.
>
> Jay
>
>  On 12/10/2013 2:22 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Gerry, this is not yet happen in Catalonia, but the society is
>> of course every day more sensible to this, I understand but is very sad
>>
>> cheers
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>> El 10/12/2013, a las 09:52, Gerry Walden <gwpics at icloud.com> escribi?:
>>
>>> This is a great series of images Lluis, and obviously a great place
>>> significant in Catalan history. the crazy thing is that if I had tried to
>>> take similar images in the 'free' United Kingdom I probably would have 
>>> been
>>> arrested as a potential paedophile. I would definitely need a CRB check
>>> (Criminal Records Bureau).
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>>
>
>
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>
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In reply to: Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] Sant Felip de Neri School)
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Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] Sant Felip de Neri School)
Message from leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson) ([Leica] Sant Felip de Neri School - Children)