You guys should try to get hold of the UK publication 'Amateur Photographer'
for 11/6/2005 and read the latest from the Lord Mayor of London on
photographers in parks in London, and then scare yourself to death with
Roger Hick's article foretelling just how bad it could get! Tom's thoughts
would be only the first step on the long march to loss of photo freedom.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: morality part 2 (Was: Porto street shots)
And that is why the law would be completely unenforceable. How could they
possibly regulate zoom lenses? Maybe they could license them. That's how
government usually works. Levy a tax on all lenses longer than 100mm focal
length. Then the govt. could set up a bureaucracy with plenty of jobs for
political hacks and campaign donors. You would have to prove that you paid
your license fee or the cops would confiscate your lens and you'd have to
pay a fine to get it back. Carrying a camera bag would naturally be
probable cause to search you.
Tom (The Cynic) Reese
