Forum: Photography


Subject: PHOTOGRAPHER ARRESTED FOR TAKING PICTURES OF VICE PRESIDENT'S HOTEL

cynlee opened this issue on Dec 14, 2002 ยท 15 posts


DHolman posted Sat, 14 December 2002 at 4:29 PM

Somebody grab her!!! Holy cow...I think there should be a new name added to that Axis of Evil ol' Dubya keeps talking about. :) I could see it happening too. There are a number of trainspotters (guys who like to watch and photograph trains) who have been stopped and questioned in the past few months. I guess those of us like trainspotters and street/situational photographers who do things that, in the light of 9/11 and the terrorist threat, appear suspicious (I am frequently in downtown Seattle at 2 and 3 in the morning taking photos) probably should ask ourselves if being detained for an hour or so is a fair price to pay for possibly catching one of these guys/groups before they can act? The flip-side is, of course, how far do we allow our civil rights/liberties to be bent (I hope NEVER broken - history shows us how hard it is to regain lost freedoms)? I think that is the true dilemna that each of us faces. That and what do we do if Bush ever comes on TV for a briefing wearing his cowboy hat. See ... don't you wish we were back talking about the duckies. :) -=>Donald