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what is it with the brits and DSLR cameras?
gary:
I am amazed by some of these posts which seem to be by people many of whom have never been to the UK or lived in London. I now live in Los Angeles moved from London recently, having lived in london for the vast majority of my 56 years. London, its visitors and residents have been subjected to terrorist attacks from the IRA, various Palestinian groups, Animal Rights groups and more recently Al Qaida. Many many people have died as a result, so excuse the residents of London if they wish their Police to ask people what they are doing, your minor inconvenience is a small price to pay. Perhaps I am being a bit blunt but as someone who has a friend who lost limbs in an IRA explosion and was within one train of a bomber on the 7/7 attacks I am not really concerned that you suffered some minor inconvenience.
P.S, My daughter is a professional photographer who lives and works in London, she never complains.
briansquibb:
I worked in Fleet St in the 1970s and 80s when the IRA were bombing central London. It was quite normal to hear bombs going off. We just carried on working as normal
I was working for Citigroup on 9/7 when our building was taken out.
Am I going to get upset about due diligence by the cops? You only have to look at the US to see the extra security that has been put in place since 9/7 - makes the UK look very low key.
rpt:
--- Quote from: briansquibb on April 24, 2012, 03:14:32 PM ---I worked in Fleet St in the 1970s and 80s when the IRA were bombing central London. It was quite normal to hear bombs going off. We just carried on working as normal
I was working for Citigroup on 9/7 when our building was taken out.
Am I going to get upset about due diligence by the cops? You only have to look at the US to see the extra security that has been put in place since 9/7 - makes the UK look very low key.
--- End quote ---
+1000
Try being in the cops shoes before complaining.
I live in India and we have also known "terrorists" since before they were called that.
Give the cops a break. They are on your side - unless you want to "terrorize" them...
(I apologize for my spellings - these days I am not sure I should spell one way or another...)
briansquibb:
--- Quote from: rpt on April 24, 2012, 03:28:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: briansquibb on April 24, 2012, 03:14:32 PM ---I worked in Fleet St in the 1970s and 80s when the IRA were bombing central London. It was quite normal to hear bombs going off. We just carried on working as normal
I was working for Citigroup on 9/7 when our building was taken out.
Am I going to get upset about due diligence by the cops? You only have to look at the US to see the extra security that has been put in place since 9/7 - makes the UK look very low key.
--- End quote ---
+1000
Try being in the cops shoes before complaining.
I live in India and we have also known "terrorists" since before they were called that.
Give the cops a break. They are on your side - unless you want to "terrorize" them...
(I apologize for my spellings - these days I am not sure I should spell one way or another...)
--- End quote ---
I agree being confrontational to the cops is not the right way. As their employers we need to ensure that they are doing the right thing in the right way.
Tcapp:
--- Quote from: BillyBean on April 24, 2012, 11:09:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: D.Sim on April 24, 2012, 09:06:42 AM ---Personally, I think if we think about it, if it keeps us safe, can we really complain?
No doubt it will be annoying... but if that one terrorist is stopped.... its done its job
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This type of attitude is incredibly dangerous.
If you go down this path, you are basically trusting that the police will always have your best interests at heart (easy to assume in England, but don't forget 1930s Germany).
You are also assuming that the safety justifies anything and everything, which is a bizarre, unbalanced view of the world. How would you like to be strip searched every time you went to the airport?
There is a balance in these things that we have spent the last 800 years trying to codify. Don't throw all this away because you trust the state - this is not about trust, it is about freedom and the law.
Next time, the state may decide YOU are the terrorist. Don't say it cannot happen - it already has - the law just makes it harder in England.
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Yes. +10
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