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Originally Posted by smooth
I don't understand what the big deal is you seem to be having with charlatan's responses.
it just seems to be basic common courtesy, in the states at least, to respect others' wishes.
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I'm surprised by my own zeal over this issue and, if you look up my other posts, I think you will find this is atypical of me. Perhaps it's because, unlike most other discussions I participate in, I've actually had personal experience in this issue and the original poster struck a nerve...
To speak of respecting others' wishes, how about respecting my wish to photograph public property. If your argument is going to be so one-sided, it should at least be on the side of the one exercising their rights, rather than the one trying to infringe upon the rights of others...
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people don't like their pictures taken for a whole variety of reasons, not just fear of strangers.
I'm very lucky to get candid shots of my wife and her girlfriends...unless they happen to turn out really good. but it's almost always a reluctant peek at the LCD before acquiescense.
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Well, when the original poster uses words like "freak" and "overprotective" to describe people's reaction to
their children being photographed, it really doesn't sound like they're being camera shy for their children. I think I made it clear that I was referring to parents who are afraid of "child predators," for lack of a better generic term. In my case, the woman felt I was a potential kidnapper. This is what most of us are talking about...
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btw, in the states, the police do have the authority to ask for (and obtain) ID.
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I had thought that the
Fourth Amendment would protect you from this but I'm surprised to discover that requesting ID is not considered a search. However, it should be noted that this is
the only right that the police have without probable cause.
Perhaps more importantly, this is not relevent to the topic of the thread...