This is what we’re up against: Police enforce non-existent photography ban on NY public transport.
Well, not me personally, but some of my colleagues.
It’s awkward enough waving a big camera around in public without the police trying to stop you as well!
25/02/2006 at 12:11
Hmmm. I only have a small camera, but the Melbourne ‘powers that be’ are also curiously nervous, as you can see
here.
Rather odd in a world with Google Earth freely available.
25/02/2006 at 12:47
Paul,
1. Thanks for checking out my blog.
2. Congratulations, you are the first to leave a comment! (I’ll think of a prize later)
3. Thanks for the link to your flickr post. What a joke.
Did you challenge the security guard (I don’t blame you if you didn’t – who can be bothered)?
If you wanted to be proper indignant activist, you could write to the security company and suggest that they cease and desist from this rubbish, and train their staff properly in what is and isn’t a security risk.
Great comments on your flickr post about (a) what’s the point of building these things if people aren’t allowed to photograph them, (b) this sort of nonsense is a win for terrorists, and (c) what sort of lame-arse terrorist would let a security guard asking him to move on, deter him from his terrorist act?
28/02/2006 at 12:48
Here here!
The only place I’ve ever see a gun disguised as a camera is in a James Bond movie.
By the way, I was at Spencer Street station on Friday night after the footy. The roof was leaking all over the place.
I overheard a guy walking past say, “Get Bracksey up there with some sellotape!”