Alabama Town's Photography Permit Draws Fire

[tripod]

Bono already has a good cause.

 

[jan normandale]

Photographers don't have a chance when Barney Fife's on the job.

 

[Al Patterson]

Something like the cyclists do with "Critical Mass" might get some attention.

Great idea, but it does require that you have some bail money available.

 

[bmattock]

Something like the upcoming "Day of Silence" for homosexuals would get some attention, but the pro photographers and national agencies would have to cooperate - pick a day and NO PHOTOS. No video for TV, no stills for newspapers, nada, nothing. Try a day without photographs and then when the photos come back, say "And here is why we did this."

Just a pipe dream.

http://www.dayofsilence.org/

 

[back alley]

spock isn't american?

 

[bmattock]

spock isn't american?

I beg your pardon - my mistake! It was Bill Shatner I was thinking of. Nimoy was apparently born in Boston, MA. Who knew? Mea culpa to all - and to Leonard as well!

 

[bmattock]

I took a photo of a DHS-licensed vehicle when I was in DC, as we passed it on the highway. They saw me, scowled. I waved.

 

[Disaster_Area]

What about Richard Gere... he's actually a fairly well known photographer in his own right and is a fan of causes of all kinds

 

[xayraa33]

What about Richard Gere... he's actually a fairly well known photographer in his own right and is a fan of causes of all kinds

He is more infamous for publicly kissing indian actress Shilpa Shetty and gerbils.

 

[CorreCaminos]

How about the ACLU? That's exactly what its name refers to.

 

[kevin m]

How about the ACLU?

That's another group that's been rather successfully demonized by the right wing in this country. It's another epithet in the homo/union/commie group...

 

[CorreCaminos]

"The ACLU's stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States."

It would seem the ACLU wouldn't be much use if the US government is dismantling the constitution.

(I am not america bashing.)

I didn't take it that way. In my view it's the US government that has been doing a lot of the America-bashing lately. And the ACLU is the only organization that has consistently continued (with some measure of success I might add) to stand up for the Constitution; certainly we can not count on the Congress nor the pathetic press.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Photographers don't have a chance when Barney Fife's on the job.

Or Gumble. Or the Purple Dinosaur. :bang:

What is it with the name "Barney"?

 

[Michael P.]

Have any of you seen this Flickr! group: "You can't take pictures here!" Places, situations where you have been told not to take pictures, after of course, you already have a few in your camera. Examples are military, government, scientific... http://flickr.com/groups/canttakepictureshere/