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Title: Photographer = Terrorist
Post by: ErickN on March 03, 2009, 12:52
Funny video, but unfortunately becoming so common nowadays...

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/217341/february-02-2009/nailed--em---amtrak-photographer
Title: Re: Photographer = Terrorist
Post by: Dreamframer on March 03, 2009, 15:29
haha :) Yes, the video is funny, but reality... not really.
Title: Re: Photographer = Terrorist
Post by: Stu99 on March 03, 2009, 16:07
That is so funny!
Thanks for posting!
Title: Re: Photographer = Terrorist
Post by: ozbandit on March 03, 2009, 16:27
OMG!! this is pure gold and proof there is hope for Americans yet!
Title: Re: Photographer = Terrorist
Post by: Microstock Posts on March 04, 2009, 13:09
Brilliant. The irony is so funny.
Title: Re: Photographer = Terrorist
Post by: cathyslife on March 04, 2009, 19:01
What a hoot!

I made the mistake of taking my camera into the local mall one day. A store worker called security and they told me if I wanted to take pictures I had to check with the security office first, otherwise it wasn't allowed. Yikes, that would have been a real threat to national security, taking pictures of people and the stores.
Title: Re: Photographer = Terrorist
Post by: Bateleur on March 06, 2009, 16:13
On a more serious note (at least, I think so), if you now take a photograph of a police officer in the UK - or even an ex-police officer - you could find yourself convicted under the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 and sentenced for up to 10 years imprisonment.

On the other hand ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/06/police-surveillance-protesters-journalists-climate-kingsnorth (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/06/police-surveillance-protesters-journalists-climate-kingsnorth)

Listen to the comments made by the police officers as they film.

And don't forget, if you walk about the city streets in UK you are probably photographed dozens of times each day. What happens to those images?

Anyone read George Orwell?