Police in UK continue to suffer from debilitating boredom.
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From: "Maroochy" bharris*REMOVE on 24 Jun 2010 23:07 Bruce wrote: > > It isn't Australian tourists who need to be deterred, and let's face > it, any London policeman could spot an Australian tourist at 200 > metres, or they shouldn't be in the job. ;-) Yes, there I was wandering around London, wearing my slouch hat, with corks hanging off it, my T-shirt had "she'll be right Jack" emblazoned across the front, an Australian Flag was sticking out of my back pocket and as I walked around I was chanting "Aussie Aussie Aussie. Oi Oi Oi", damned if I know how they thought I was a tourist, let alone one from Australia.
From: tony cooper on 24 Jun 2010 23:41 On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:40:10 -0700, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Savageduck wrote: >> On 2010-06-24 16:52:09 -0700, alex slater <chatpoldie(a)gmail.com> said: >> >>> On Jun 24, 11:27 pm, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> >>> wrote: >>>> On 2010-06-24 15:00:46 -0700, Poldie <pol...(a)gmail.com> said >>>> >>>>> This is untrue. I, along with literally dozens of tourists, took >>>>> photographs in both locations recently, in full view of several police >>>>> officers, and no such action was taken. I think you're confusing the >>>>> occasional, pointless, inconsistent harassment of photographers in >>>>> those and other locations with a permanent, blanket ban. >>>> >>>> ...but were you armed with that badge of the photo-terrorist, the DSLR? >>> >>> Guilty, your honour. In my battle against democracy I was armed with >>> one 50mm prime and a highly dangerous 18-55 zoom on my EOS 400. > >But were you 'armed' with tourist garb? Too many forms thereof, but >favorite is plaid Bermuda shorts with Madras shirt and baseball cap, >white socks and sandals. Watch it. With black socks and sandals you could be taken for English. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: tony cooper on 24 Jun 2010 23:44 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:07:52 +1000, "Maroochy" <bharris*REMOVE THIS*@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >Bruce wrote: > >> >> It isn't Australian tourists who need to be deterred, and let's face >> it, any London policeman could spot an Australian tourist at 200 >> metres, or they shouldn't be in the job. ;-) > >Yes, there I was wandering around London, wearing my slouch hat, with corks >hanging off it, my T-shirt had "she'll be right Jack" emblazoned across the >front, an Australian Flag was sticking out of my back pocket and as I walked >around I was chanting "Aussie Aussie Aussie. Oi Oi Oi", damned if I know how >they thought I was a tourist, let alone one from Australia. > To be really convincing, though, you would have to get into a dust-up with someone and claim to have lost it over one more joke about shrimp on the barbie. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Paul Heslop on 25 Jun 2010 03:19 Ofnuts wrote: > > On 24/06/2010 22:52, Paul Heslop wrote: > > Bowser wrote: > > >> the Brits are amazingly stupid. Do they really think stopping > >> photographers will stop terrorism? Now that the terrorists know this, > >> they'll do what, go somewhere else where you can shoot pics? > >> > >> Amazing... > > > > why do you say 'the brits'? > > Maybe because Bowser falls victim of exactly the same kind of > generalization that make others think that anyone with a camera in hand > is a terrorist. > I actually don't believe that they do. In the UK we have allowed them to nibble away at our liberties for a long time. terrorism is just an excuse. -- Paul (we break easy) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
From: Bruce on 25 Jun 2010 04:22
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:43:08 -0700, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >On 2010-06-24 17:00:38 -0700, Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> said: >> >> It is nowhere near as bad as it sounds. The people it affects most >> are pro shooters who make images of buildings. >> >> I know several fellow Brits who have been harassed by police in New >> York and Washington in similar circumstances. One was arrested twice >> in Chicago for taking pictures of the L and subjected to an intrusive >> search and interrogation, during which he was threatened with >> deportation. > >I know that in NY there are issues regarding permits for photoshoots, >and some amateurs with "professional appearing" equipment (you know >tripods and stuff like that) have been comfronted, not for >anti-terrorist activety, but permit check. That said, I understand the >Port Authority Police are wary of people photographing the bridges, and >in the subways. > >I believe there are posted restrictions on photography in Washington stations. > >> >> I don't see much difference between the US and UK in that respect; >> both our countries are known terrorist targets. >> >> Don't be deterred from visiting the UK. We need dollars like we need >> all foreign currency, and US tourists are made more welcome here than >> in most other European capitals. >> >> I'm glad you know parts of the UK other than London, because London is >> in so many ways the least British city of all. ;-) > >My mother was English, as was my wife who was born in Cheltenham. I >have English family in Croydon, Lyme-Regis, Torquay and Epping. There >is also a Welsh branch of the family living in Swansea and Caerphilly. >My father-in-law lived in Bath. and my sister-in-law lives in Wooburn. > >Growing up in the 50's with contact with some of those family members, >I have been decidedly twisted by the Goons. >;-) Twisted by the Goons? Nothing wrong with that, nothing at all. I was a little too young to appreciate them on the radio, and the television version of the Goon Show (the Telegoons) involved puppetry and was something of a flop. But I liked the cast members in later years as their careers developed, mostly independently of each other. The show that formed my appreciation of comedy was Round the Horne, another BBC radio show, written and presented by Kenneth Horne with a small but dedicated cast. Are you familiar with it? I ask because I think you might enjoy it, if you haven't already ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_the_Horne http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Round+the+Horne&aq=f |