Comments on: ID Cards? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ ID Cards! http://www.latogaphoto.com/2007/02/id-cards-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-id-cards/ Photography from Greg A. Lato Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: UK is Photographing the Watchers | latoga photography http://www.latogaphoto.com/2007/02/id-cards-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-id-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-221 UK is Photographing the Watchers | latoga photography Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:12:39 +0000 http://www.latogaphoto.com/?p=38#comment-221 [...] last year I commented on some notion running around the United Kingdom that photographers would need to carry ID cards.  With the U.K. being one of the most CCTV happy countries out there, most of my British friends [...] [...] last year I commented on some notion running around the United Kingdom that photographers would need to carry ID cards.  With the U.K. being one of the most CCTV happy countries out there, most of my British friends [...]

]]> By: John Davies http://www.latogaphoto.com/2007/02/id-cards-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-id-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-17 John Davies Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.latogaphoto.com/?p=38#comment-17 The Brits are not the sort of people who will take much notice of such a rule. I fully support the freedom to take photos and to hell with anyone who want privacy in a public place but you could also turn it around...<br/><br/>We have more CCTV cameras in London than anywhere else in the world, if something happens you usually see it within the hour from a CCTV camera. All of the tube bombers (the ones that failed) were caught by the CCTV camera. As a result London is a very safe place, we have a tenth of the traffic accidents of other European countries because people get caught electronically if the speed. Crime happens but it's rare, two public murders a month is a rare event and there are 18 million of us in London, compare that to any US city. Do the government have the right to film us everywhere? Well it's the same right we have to take photos too, some people don't like being filmed so you can understand them not wanting to have their photo taken. It's give and take, I've been moved on with my tripod at some prominent buildings for security reasons, I can respect that, we've had dozens of IRA bombs in the last 15 years and an Al-Quaida attack so it's not just paranoia.<br/><br/>I signed the partition but it doesn't worry me.<br/><br/>-John- (a Londoner of over 40 years) The Brits are not the sort of people who will take much notice of such a rule. I fully support the freedom to take photos and to hell with anyone who want privacy in a public place but you could also turn it around…

We have more CCTV cameras in London than anywhere else in the world, if something happens you usually see it within the hour from a CCTV camera. All of the tube bombers (the ones that failed) were caught by the CCTV camera. As a result London is a very safe place, we have a tenth of the traffic accidents of other European countries because people get caught electronically if the speed. Crime happens but it’s rare, two public murders a month is a rare event and there are 18 million of us in London, compare that to any US city. Do the government have the right to film us everywhere? Well it’s the same right we have to take photos too, some people don’t like being filmed so you can understand them not wanting to have their photo taken. It’s give and take, I’ve been moved on with my tripod at some prominent buildings for security reasons, I can respect that, we’ve had dozens of IRA bombs in the last 15 years and an Al-Quaida attack so it’s not just paranoia.

I signed the partition but it doesn’t worry me.

-John- (a Londoner of over 40 years)

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