Prohibited Photography! (1 Viewer)

Can they really do that? I'd be sorely tempted to tell the guy to fuck off.

There's a list of Washington DC buldings you're not allowed take pictures of because of "the threat to homeland security". Unfortunately, the list of buildings you're not allowed take pictures of is also secret, for the same reason... Is Kafka running Homeland Security?

similar situation with the terrorist watch lists / no fly lists.

RSJ said:

Can they really do that? I'd be sorely tempted to tell the guy to fuck off.

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if he had been just a toll both collector i would have, but he was nypd and very aggressive and we were just off the plane so wanted to get the fuck outta there, haha

this is retarded. sure go on google maps and im sure you would find similar images from there!

Try taking a photo of any bridge, bank or government building in India and see what happens!

I'm stuck in Damastown, Co Meath at the moment so I won't get the chance to do this today. Can you tell me what would happen though?

johnnystress said:

I'm stuck in Damastown, Co Meath at the moment so I won't get the chance to do this today. Can you tell me what would happen though?

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Photography is prohibited in places of military importance, railway stations, bridges, airports and other military installations.

http://www.gisdevelopment.net/policy/india/technology/intech001.htm

Your not even able to get large scale ordance survey maps of India

madness

dont they have a similar tetchiness here about photographing military buildings? i remember getting an aerial photo of athlone to examine for leaving cert geography and the army barracks (which took up most of the photo) was all whited out

I was in Beirut with a friend in 2000, which was just after the Israelis pulled out of South Lebanon. We were wandering around the city one day and my mate took a picture of a building because it had an election poster featuring a woman candidate (which was a bit of a rarity). Anyway, next minute we were surrounded by threatening army types, marched across the road, and then questioned by their commanding officer (who spoke English).

It turned out that the building he photographed was home to a military tribunal that was trying members of the SLA (who collaborated with the Israelis in the south). Once they realized we were clueless idiots rather than Israeli spies it was all fine, they just took the film.

Years ago I moved into a flat on Harcourt st accross the road from the Garda headquaters.

Within a couple of days of moving in, two plainclose guarda arrived at my door asking if they could come in.
They "interviewed" me in the flat and I could'nt help smiling the whole time at how ridiculous all this was.

They asked If I had a camera, I showed it to them and they said that I should'nt use it here. I laughed. I said (sitting by the window) "if I sit here with my camera and have a look out, and I happen to look at your building accross the street, what then?"
He said in a very threatening tone, "Someone will be right over"

They left, I lived there for 2 years and nothing ever happened. AND I used the camera.

Bleedin guards.

That's 'cos they were stung once when the 'Ra hired a room in the hotel and listened to their conversations for ages. They've been a bit paranoid ever since.