Recently I had some problems taking shots in a public place so it seams that this advertising campaign had some effect:
It seams that collective paranoia is causing many countries to bring on laws that affect us photo enthusiast as well as freedom of all people in my opinion. Actually millions of people are taking photos every day as well as some other “suspicious” activities like using the cell phones or computers and scared people will report this only based on their xenophobia, racial or other prejudices. If some people think this Orwellian witch hunt has some point maybe they should read this http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/06/the_war_on_phot.html.
What do you guys think about this?
War on photography!
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Posted 3 years ago #
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sigh.. . .I'm going to carry my business ID and business cards around with me whenever I shoot. . .I'm not a member of NPS, but I swear, I wish I was so I could say I'm "legit". . .scare tactics work, that stupid terrorist has made security lines SO BAD in the NYC tri-state area. . .
first nail clippers/sharp objects, then water, I'm sure my dSLR is next. . .
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Since the pen is mightier than the sword, a camera must be truly explosive - a picture being worth a thousand words and all..
I fear those who stop photography more than those who would use it for nefarious purposes. I'm glad those camera's were recording the DC police's run-in with snow ball throwers.
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Cafepress.com sells T-shirts that say, "I'm a photographer, not a terrorist" (They also have a lot of other cool photog stuff too)
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CatZak said:
Cafepress.com sells T-shirts that say, "I'm a photographer, not a terrorist" (They also have a lot of other cool photog stuff too)Welcome to the forum, CatZak. The trouble would come when you're shooting and your elbow covers up the words "not a" and it reads "I'm a photographer terrorist." ;-)
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LOL jonny :^D! Welcome to the Forum Catzak!
**** is all that I'm going to say. My background is Middle Eastern, so that might be bad for me.
Plus all the kids at school think I'm a Turkish-Stalker-Terrorist ;^)
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Sorry to hear that alpha, that's not cool. People should dislike you because you're a brat and not because of where your from :^P J/K!
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NikoDoby said:
Sorry to hear that alpha, that's not cool. People should dislike you because you're a brat and not because of where your from :^P J/K!Best comment of the day.
Wear an american flag t-shirt, alpha, and hum the star spangled banner continuously. And don't wear photographer terrorist t-shirts (I guess that would be hard at the same time as the stars and stripes).
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LOL, jonny doubt that would work :^)
You know the thing is that on the forum none of know what each other sounds like? Well I have a terrible accent. My first language was Persian, and then Turkish, and then I learned English (and I'm really annoyed because I forgot Persian completely, and can only understand Turkish). People know that I'm of a different background right away.
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Has anyone checked alpha's passport lately? Could he be a photographer terrorist just waiting to terrorize us with his photography? I'm suspicious.
JK Alpha ;-)
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Come on alpha I said I was Just Kidding with you! I'm the one always defending you from getting banned around here, ;^)
However now as I read your post I imagine your voice in a low pitch then high pitch, with a Persian accent, then Turkish accent, and then a New England accent in all of your sentences! Wow that's almost as fascinating as when I heard a Japanese driver speak English with a Japanese and British accent at the same time!
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LOL you two! :^D
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Imagine if a terrorist is ever actually arrested and his mug shot photo shows him wearing a Nikon Pro T-Shirt!
Um... actually lets make that a canon T-shirt :^D
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I see you favor the prominent noses in your smileys, alpha. I'm sure there's an inappropriate race-oriented comment I could make here, but I'll refrain. ;-)
I can't even imagine you talking with an accent. Your written (typed) English is great.
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Kind of off-topic, but have you heard that there's evidence that Abraham Lincoln may be the first documented person to use smileys on their side like that? I'm thinking I heard it on Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me (one of my favorite shows).
http://www.labnol.org/internet/did-abraham-lincoln-invent-emoticon/6682/
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You know we Middle-Easterns have big noses ;^)
Thanks jonny, my written English is probably good because nobody understands me otherwise when I talk!
So you're telling me Abe also invented the first computer? LOL, that's pretty funny, but I'll bet I can find one carved in stone from prehistoric times ;^)
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Tying this back on to the topic (war), here's my favorite quote from the Office (michael scott): "Abraham Lincoln once said, 'If you're a racist, I will attack you with the North.'"
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I'm just waiting till they will not let me enter the airplane because of having a camera with me. That's total bullshit, I can be wrong but I'm 99% sure, that they allowed this african guy to enter the plane in amsterdam, just to have a motive to use the body scanners, which has been prohibited to use by european authorities.
Pretty much the same situation was with 9/11 - there is a lot of info that US intelligence knew what was going on.
Anyway, Nikon we need small camera - call it Ter100
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jonnyapple said:
I can't even imagine you talking with an accent. Your written (typed) English is great.
You know when I transfered once to a new school I had to take an English proficiency test (verbal and written) since in my paperwork my parents listed me as multilingual. The school district had a policy that only kids who could read and write English could be in "regular" classrooms. I spoke perfect English
So I had to sit down with a counselor and take a series of stupid test to prove my English was good enough to be in a regular class and not in an ESL (English as a Second Language)class.
I had to say things like "Timmy likes to ride horses. Sally likes to skip rope. Billy plays baseball". I then had to answer things like, "Who enjoys riding horses? Did a boy or girl play baseball?"
At one point the counselor just answered the questions for me since it was very obvious I could speak and comprehend English just fine. She got tired of reading out the questions to me, lol.
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There is so much red tape in the public school system, and it's a real pity. I'm glad you're one child who wasn't left behind, Niko.
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OMG, that must have been super-annoying! You speak Spanish fluently, right Niko?
My parents started speaking English with me because when I went to preschool nobody could understand me (not surprising, considering I only spoke a combination of Persian and Turkish)! Ever since then I've been "scarred" with my accent and really pissed because I can't even remember how to speak the languages that gave me this accent in the first place! Argh.
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NikoDoby said:
LOL adamz, like a smaller camera that is easy to hide isn't going to make us even more suspicious.I want one in the heel of my shoe. BTW, Niko, why don't you try cutting out a Nexus One-sized hole in the heel of some old shoes and putting it in there a la Max Smart then posting one of you talking on it in the member picture thread?
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jonnyapple said:
There is so much red tape in the public school system, and it's a real pity. I'm glad you're one child who wasn't left behind, Niko.Yeah, talk about it. I was sooo bored in 6th grade math! And I was even in the class that was doing more advanced stuff than the others!
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