Sure it's only terrorists that create paranoia?
Take a look at:
[ *http://tinyurl.com/zuccr ]*
No flame intended, just another way of (re)thinking about what's happening
worldwide today...
Ciao
Fabio
On 8/18/06, James N. McBride <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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..
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> 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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