Comments on: Current TV on photo bans in UK http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Fun With War Crimes http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196367 Fun With War Crimes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196367 Wow, wow, wow. Thank god he knew the law and did not give over his ID. What a strong and smart individual. Wow, wow, wow. Thank god he knew the law and did not give over his ID. What a strong and smart individual.

]]> By: jbang http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196905 jbang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196905 #9 (Takuan): Even though he was being recorded and watched it didn't stop him from telling the camera operator to "shut up" - coming from a Police officer, this would be bad. Coming from one of these "volunteer cops"... that's just absolutely beyond the pale. #9 (Takuan): Even though he was being recorded and watched it didn’t stop him from telling the camera operator to “shut up” – coming from a Police officer, this would be bad. Coming from one of these “volunteer cops”… that’s just absolutely beyond the pale.

]]> By: klobouk http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196403 klobouk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196403 Mr Benjamin Wright @3- I think that it's peripherally related at best. Mr Benjamin Wright @3-
I think that it’s peripherally related at best.

]]> By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196670 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196670 A quick look at the journo's picture reveals the problem. He's obviously under the impression that it's OK to parade around in public with brown skin and a beard. Shame on him for worrying the police like that! For that matter, why does he think it's OK to have an obviously Islamic name like Singh post-9/11? A quick look at the journo’s picture reveals the problem. He’s obviously under the impression that it’s OK to parade around in public with brown skin and a beard. Shame on him for worrying the police like that!

For that matter, why does he think it’s OK to have an obviously Islamic name like Singh post-9/11?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-418372 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418372 Cardboard coppers are the worst PFFFT! Cardboard coppers are the worst PFFFT!

]]> By: Personman http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196421 Personman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196421 We need to start organizing photographic flash mobs - groups of maybe fifteen people who all enter, say, a mall, train station or park simultaneously, each take, say, three or four shots of different parts of it, then leave quickly and upload them to a flickr stream. The first targets should of course be the malls etc. that have already thrown people out for taking pictures... We need to start organizing photographic flash mobs – groups of maybe fifteen people who all enter, say, a mall, train station or park simultaneously, each take, say, three or four shots of different parts of it, then leave quickly and upload them to a flickr stream. The first targets should of course be the malls etc. that have already thrown people out for taking pictures…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196438 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196438 would it be over the line to wear a ludicrously large turban with an old telephoto lens sticking out of it? would it be over the line to wear a ludicrously large turban with an old telephoto lens sticking out of it?

]]> By: kkennedy http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196466 kkennedy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196466 Well-produced, relevant, and thought-provoking. I particularly like the point about the gov't wanting, in the event of a problem, the very photos that they sometimes are trying to prevent from being taken in the first place. Well-produced, relevant, and thought-provoking. I particularly like the point about the gov’t wanting, in the event of a problem, the very photos that they sometimes are trying to prevent from being taken in the first place.

]]> By: cha0tic http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-197005 cha0tic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-197005 Singh isn't an obviously Islamic name. It's a Sikh name. Singh isn’t an obviously Islamic name. It’s a Sikh name.

]]> By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-197013 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-197013 @14: I think Boing Boing Gadgets has a feature on sarcasm detectors today. Maybe you should check it out.... @14: I think Boing Boing Gadgets has a feature on sarcasm detectors today. Maybe you should check it out….

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-197020 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-197020 at least the cop-wannabe didn't start with "Which Sammy is it!? (Loved that film) at least the cop-wannabe didn’t start with “Which Sammy is it!? (Loved that film)

]]> By: Tubman http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-197025 Tubman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-197025 @#14:You're wrong, of course: it's actually a Rajput name adopted by, among others, Sikhs. Still, thanks for supplanting Paul's affected display of ignorance for comic effect with the real thing. @#14:You’re wrong, of course: it’s actually a Rajput name adopted by, among others, Sikhs. Still, thanks for supplanting Paul’s affected display of ignorance for comic effect with the real thing.

]]> By: cha0tic http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-200356 cha0tic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-200356 Ah well, we live and learn. Ah well, we live and learn.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-197031 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-197031 any London dweller care to comment on the racial subtext of the exchange? The quasi-cop appeared "Asian-Oriental", the photographer "Indian" perhaps, the other volunteer cop "Caucasian". Was there some primate tribal thing being acted out here? Oh, you humans! any London dweller care to comment on the racial subtext of the exchange? The quasi-cop appeared “Asian-Oriental”, the photographer “Indian” perhaps, the other volunteer cop “Caucasian”. Was there some primate tribal thing being acted out here? Oh, you humans!

]]> By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-197049 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-197049 @17: To be fair to Cha0tic, I'd have said it was a Sikh name myself until you made your point. @17: To be fair to Cha0tic, I’d have said it was a Sikh name myself until you made your point.

]]> By: lyd http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196541 lyd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196541 Holy cow, that interaction with the policemen absolutely amazes me. Debating your rights with a US cop of pretty much any sort is very likely to end badly, and doing it in an even remotely confrontational way (as in the vid) is pretty certain to get you beaten to the ground, cuffed and tossed in the back of a cruiser quicker than you can say Terry Stop. Holy cow, that interaction with the policemen absolutely amazes me. Debating your rights with a US cop of pretty much any sort is very likely to end badly, and doing it in an even remotely confrontational way (as in the vid) is pretty certain to get you beaten to the ground, cuffed and tossed in the back of a cruiser quicker than you can say Terry Stop.

]]> By: Tubman http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-197054 Tubman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-197054 @#19: Fairness is <i>so</i> last year. @#19: Fairness is so last year.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196552 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196552 that was not a policeman, it was a hobbie-bobbie. Who also knew he was being filmed and was surrounded by witnesses. that was not a policeman, it was a hobbie-bobbie. Who also knew he was being filmed and was surrounded by witnesses.

]]> By: adamcreen http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196558 adamcreen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196558 Lyd- The two uniformed officers were actually PCSOs, Police Community Support Officers. They do not have the same powers of arrest, instead they are there to discourage anti-social behaviour by: Issuing of fixed penalty notices (e.g. riding on footpath; dog fouling; litter) Power to confiscate alcohol and tobacco Power to demand the name and address of a person acting in an anti-social manner Power of entry to save life or prevent damage Removal of abandoned vehicles Having been stopped myself by the police (for taking photos of the American Embassy in London - http://www.creen.demon.co.uk/2004/embassy.html ) it's awfully hard to maintain one's <i>sang-froid</i> in the face of ID being demanded. I gave in but kept my photos. Lyd-
The two uniformed officers were actually PCSOs, Police Community Support Officers. They do not have the same powers of arrest, instead they are there to discourage anti-social behaviour by:

Issuing of fixed penalty notices (e.g. riding on footpath; dog fouling; litter)
Power to confiscate alcohol and tobacco
Power to demand the name and address of a person acting in an anti-social manner
Power of entry to save life or prevent damage
Removal of abandoned vehicles

Having been stopped myself by the police (for taking photos of the American Embassy in London – http://www.creen.demon.co.uk/2004/embassy.html ) it’s awfully hard to maintain one’s sang-froid in the face of ID being demanded. I gave in but kept my photos.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196570 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196570 time for people with their own private property that has a good view of something like the US Embassy in London to set up web cams that are always on. time for people with their own private property that has a good view of something like the US Embassy in London to set up web cams that are always on.

]]> By: The Unusual Suspect http://boingboing.net/2008/05/27/current-tv-on-photo.html#comment-196317 The Unusual Suspect Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196317 How ironic! Thousands gathering to protest a law that doesn't exist? This means that thousands are routinely being lied to by the very people hired to enforce the law. What further evidence is necessary that "the authorities" must clean up their act? How ironic!

Thousands gathering to protest a law that doesn’t exist?

This means that thousands are routinely being lied to by the very people hired to enforce the law.

What further evidence is necessary that “the authorities” must clean up their act?

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