Originally Posted by LHR/MEL/Europe FF

I was not trying to paint you as a paedophile at all. I was saying why people could find it creepy. My comments are never directed against a particular person... they are made in a general sense, although they may be made in response to the comments or actions posted on these fora.

No one has come back to answer my very simple question: everyone says the law is on the side of the filmer/photographer in public. But: would you go and stand in front of a young girl in a bikini on a beach and take her picture without asking?

It doesn't matter what the law says - the POLITE thing to do is seek permission.

If you don't seek permission, then - like standing directly in front of a young girl in a bikini on the beach and taking her picture - it could be considered creepy.

That's a very simple principle. If the arguments and beliefs held by some on this board are so sound - why not answer that question?