Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Liberty needs to be exercised else it atrophies

Whilst somewhat off topic the maintenance of liberty is topic a of interest to many precious metals investors. Whilst the photographers in this piece were deliberately stirring the possum, the reaction was typical of many types employed in the security industry. Having both worked as a documentary cameraman in the eighties and in security of more recent times I would like to make the following observations. In the eighties my team were often questioned by security whilst doing location shots or talk to camera interviews in public spaces, so this issue is nothing new. Although in the eighties a team of 3 people, one struggling with a shoulder mounted camera, another with betamax recorder the size of small suitcase and a sound guy with a microphone an elephant would be proud of did tend to stand out like dog's.....

As to security, once they leave the private property, on which they are acting on behalf of the owner, they have no more rights than any other member of the public, and the cameramen in this video would have had the right to tell them to get nicked, the fact they didn't reflects very well on the profession.

If someone with a "photographic memory" wishes to look at a building, do they require the building owners permission before they look?



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