Comments on: Making Up The Law http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/09/making-up-the-law.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ted rado http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/09/making-up-the-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-22854 ted rado Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:33:26 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=8899#comment-22854 I visited relatives in communist Hungary on three occasions in the 1980's. It was against the law to photograph, among other things, filling stations and TV towers, as these were deemed to be potential military targets. There was even an armed guard on Mt. Tokay where there is a TV tower, with a "do not photo" sign! Talk about paranoia! Maybe we need to raise the Hungarian communist flag over Washington. I visited relatives in communist Hungary on three occasions in the 1980′s. It was against the law to photograph, among other things, filling stations and TV towers, as these were deemed to be potential military targets. There was even an armed guard on Mt. Tokay where there is a TV tower, with a “do not photo” sign! Talk about paranoia!

Maybe we need to raise the Hungarian communist flag over Washington.

]]> By: Ian Random http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/09/making-up-the-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-22843 Ian Random Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:56:10 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=8899#comment-22843 Well, at least you can take pictures legally in New York City. Oh, wait that requires a permit now: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/nyregion/28film.html Well, at least you can take pictures legally in New York City. Oh, wait that requires a permit now:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/nyregion/28film.html

]]> By: tomw http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/09/making-up-the-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-22824 tomw Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:40:07 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=8899#comment-22824 I wanted to take a picture of the twenty-odd police vehicles parked in no-standing zones at Hartsfield-Jackson, but after getting a ticket for 'being stopped in a loading and unloading zone', after stopping at the direction of a police officer, I decided I didn't want to be taken to jail in handcuffs. To fight it would have meant a 60 mile round trip and a day in court. Not worth the $25 they extorted. They act with impunity, because they can. Some of us live in a 3rd world country already. tom I wanted to take a picture of the twenty-odd police vehicles parked in no-standing zones at Hartsfield-Jackson, but after getting a ticket for ‘being stopped in a loading and unloading zone’, after stopping at the direction of a police officer, I decided I didn’t want to be taken to jail in handcuffs. To fight it would have meant a 60 mile round trip and a day in court. Not worth the $25 they extorted.
They act with impunity, because they can. Some of us live in a 3rd world country already.
tom

]]> By: Bob Smith http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/09/making-up-the-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-22796 Bob Smith Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:46:19 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=8899#comment-22796 Why are they worried about video? It's easy to lose, and in a "he said, she said" regarding the alleged existence of the video the cops always win. Why are they worried about video? It’s easy to lose, and in a “he said, she said” regarding the alleged existence of the video the cops always win.

]]> By: DrTorch http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/09/making-up-the-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-22755 DrTorch Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:00:44 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=8899#comment-22755 I've seen the Capitol and White House on film numerous times. Don't these count? I’ve seen the Capitol and White House on film numerous times. Don’t these count?

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