Originally Posted by
Wally Bird
But to assume that a photographer is up to no good, absent any other evidence, is unjustified but that appears to be the mindset of many 'in authority'. And that's just plain wrong.
I think this is the bottom line here. Are we willing to live with a very slight chance that someone is taking photographs in order to do something mischievous later on, and allow everyone the freedom to engage in photography, or in order to maybe prevent one minor act of mischief every twelve years or so, do we want everyone who takes a photograph at the wrong time and the wrong place, and who is likely the wrong skin colour or religion to be interrogated, jailed, etc.
Which is it then, oh great nation of scaredy cats?