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[OM] Re: Bye-bye photography, hello paranoia..

Subject: [OM] Re: Bye-bye photography, hello paranoia..
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:05:58 -0400
"we have nothing to fear but fear itself"  or something along those 
lines.  They are doing their best to make us fearful every day (and I'm 
not referring to al qaeada).

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James N. McBride wrote:
> This is what terrorists do. They create paranoia and disrupt the lives of
> everyone, both their friends and their enemies. If you are working on a
> University, perhaps a letter of credential from the administration would
> help. I have no good answers for the mess that has been created. I do know
> that if we just roll over and cease to live our lives the terrorists have
> won. /jmac
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Christos Stavrou
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 9:22 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Bye-bye photography, hello paranoia..
> 
> 
> 
> I was taking some pictures earlier on in front of a University here in
> England.. There were couple of bikes parked near there.. a water
> pool.. and few reflections contrasting the wet pavement..
> 
> My thoughts were travelling around questions of dark tonalities, when
> suddenly a authoritative figure moved agressively in front me, pushing
> to my face a pale white illuminated card with a name, a stamp and the
> word 'Security' in badly printed fonts.
> 
> -Can I ask you what are you doing? he said furiously and then demanded
> that I should identify myself, as well as the reason of taking
> pictures and couple of other personal questions.. I'm not sure, maybe
> he asked what time I wake up in the morning too...
> 
> It's amazing how many irrelevant vague nonsense he piled up to me..
> About security, health and safety, directives, private property,
> permissions of filming, their almost-police status(!), that maybe his
> face was on the photo, that there are so many communities here and
> they have to treat everyone equally (what? so their paranoia  is
> justified in the name of equality now!??).. Add of course, the usual
> self-convincing bullshit and mucho psychological techniques, often
> used by ex-military people who have been relegated to private security
> business, so that they can fantasise some importance for their tragic
> existance...
> 
> Because I don't want to be harassed when I'm taking pictures, and
> because I don't want to end up taking pictures of lonely landscapes
> and my room only.. could someone here offer some insights on the issue
> and/or indicate where I can learn more about our rights and duties as
> photographers? I have a feeling though that dark days are coming...
> 
> C.S.


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