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Terrorism and Photographers
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#1. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 0yelcab Nikonian since 30th Nov 2006Thu 11-Oct-12 12:13 PM
"be careful next time!"
What do you mean? Be careful what?
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#2. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 0coolmom42 Nikonian since 30th Nov 2011Thu 11-Oct-12 12:48 PM
I can guarantee you that anyone found photographing the chemical manufacturing site where I work would be investigated. I know that it has happened at least twice, and the intent of the photographer was confirmed to be malicious in one case. He was making a serious effort to photograph a railroad access to the site, which carries multiple railcars of dangerous materials every day. There is no legitimate reason to photograph that spot on private property. He was found to be in the US illegally and was deported back to Syria, where he was a citizen.
Some photographers ARE terrorists, or are interested in selling the information for other illegal purposes.
Obviously the vast majority of us are not. But anyone who's ever worked in the chemical or petroleum industry, can understand the security concerns involved. I would NEVER try to photograph a secured area, even if I was only interested in the clouds.
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#6. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 2Sat 13-Oct-12 07:59 PM | edited Sat 13-Oct-12 08:03 PM by Ned_L
With respect Diane when I read, "There is no legitimate reason to photograph that spot on private property," my hair stood up on its end.
There may be times when someone is actually photographing something for criminal or terroristic intent, but those times are "few and far between." It is thousands of times more likely that a person photographing anything is doing it because they visualized an interesting shot.
How do you know that a photographer wouldn't find a refinery or chemical plant an interesting subject? For example, there are stock photographers who specialize in shooting heavy industry including chemical plants.
I did a series on the Sloss Furnace steel mill. I'm planning a refinery series to be shot later this year.
Frankly most people don't even consider a chemical plant a "secure area." or most other heavy industry either.
Moreover, I don't care if a police officer asks me what I'm doing, if they are courteous, and reasonable, but I've been threatened with arrest more than once, for taking photos of non-secure areas, of bridges which have already been photographed millions of times, of courthouses, of train stations, etc. Photographers are under assault by the police in this country, and most of the so-called "questioning" is outrageous. Photographers are considered guilty unless they prove they're innocent. In addition, more often than not, photographers are questioned and sometimes for a prolonged time without probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion.
We are giving up too much liberty for no extra security in this country and around the world, for that matter. Fortunately for me, my press pass is usually enough to get the police to leave me alone, but for ordinary citizen photographers, they are too often badly treated. Then, of course, sometimes the police are afraid of the press and showing the press pass makes things worse, yet the working press, in my opinion shouldn't have any fewer rights than ordinary citizens.
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#12. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 62pixels_short Registered since 16th Oct 2003Mon 15-Oct-12 05:11 PM
Your last two paragraphs pretty much sum up my thoughts on the matter and express it way better than I could hope to.
It seems these days we are deep into another era similar in many ways to the 50's McCarthyism.
For those who do not know or remember, McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.
Substitute "terrorist" for "communist".
Two parts of the current state of fear in the US concern me the most. There may soon be wide spread "reporting" of "suspicious" behavior for no other reason that someone is annoyed by the actions of another. The spread of these reports may lead to the perceived requirement of large quasi law enforcement organizations to investigate the rising tide of reports. Give someone a uniform and a badge and an inflated sense of authority and it may lead to "routine" violations of human rights such as with the TSA and airline passengers.
Just because someone is afraid of the dark, does not give them the right to make me turn on every light in my house.
As a pipefitter for 30 years, I can appreciate a well planned and built piping layout such as a refinery or tank farm. Not many can see the beauty but I do.
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#16. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 12Tue 16-Oct-12 01:18 AM
Mike, while I have an arts background, I'm also a chemical engineer, who's designed many chemical plant and refinery process units over the years. I hope you won't mind if I sit back and admire our work with you. Without great pipefitters, fabricators, electricians and other highly skilled people, my work as an engineer could never have existed.
I agree that we're in another age of hysteria, very much like the '50s McCarthy era, which I remember without fondness, even though I was a lad then.
I think we in the US need to renew our memory of what Edward R. Murrow said on March 9, 1954, in his attack on McCarthyism, in his report "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy." In his concluding comment, Murrow said:
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men."
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#9. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 2
Coolmom42, comments like those you made and similar comments from others concern me.
But first, the malicious case you mentioned would not have been to malicious, otherwise the individual would have been prosecuted, not just deported.
There are all sorts of legitimate reasons to photograph a variety of industrial property, which is supported by US law. Additionally, in the US we do have the right to photograph almost anything as long as we are on public property and as long as it does not traverse ones right to privacy or other laws. There are a few exceptions and typically restrictions are posted.
People's fear are helping the terrorist! The following terrorist attacks or averted attacks were not planned with the aid of photographs: 9/11, Anthrax attacks, Any attack by the IRA, Car Bomb attacks, Ft. Dix terrorists, JFK airport bombers , Kidnapping of Americas by Iran, King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, Lackawanna 6, Liquid bombers of 2006 , London transport bombers, Madrid bombers, Miami 7, Shoe-bomber Richard Reid, Suicide Bombers, The Unabomber, Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Federal Building, and list goes on and on. Photography by terrorist is almost a myth.
Yet we do need to be aware of suspicious activity. And we also need to be polite and considerate when questioned by law enforcement, as well as aware of our rights. We also need to make top levels of law enforcement agencies aware of those that abuse the power granted to them.
If we balance all of this properly we remain with our freedoms intact. If not the terrorist have won and we lose more of our freedoms.
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#15. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 9Nitehawk5169 Registered since 22nd Feb 2010Tue 16-Oct-12 12:19 AM
I tend to agree with the spirit of what Ned has reported. I do not want to give up any of my freedoms. My forefathers fought and some died so I could be free to behave in a civilized manner. If the government needs people to be vigilant because they don't have the manpower to cover terrorists acts, then as a citizen of this country I will take it upon myself to do just that and pardon me if I offend someone because I think they are doing something suspicious. One note on a previous statement by Clint, the Ft. Dix terrorists were caught because in their vanity of their planned deeds, they took pictures of themselves dressed as terrorists with weapons and had the pictures processed by a local processing lab. The vigilance of the lab technician, who reported it to the authorities, was the down fall of those individuals.
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#3. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 0
Sigh. It's a sad sign of the times unfortunately.
And, it was properly investigated. The photographer was questioned, he was not arrested. Minor inconvenience of an everyday event interpreted as being suspicious.
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#4. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 0
Disclaimer: I have a bit of knowledge about recon techniques from having a family-run security business in PacRim that's about 30 years old now. Some of our facilities under management include regional airports and corporate/industrial sites. So here's my USD0.02 before taxes.
You can call this a generalization if you like, but "bad actors" fall in to smart and dumb categories. After all, they're recruited and drawn from societies, so it's natural that they're reflective of a cross-section of their origins.
The dumb ones get caught, period. They may successfully conduct operations but by and large, they get bagged. Usually they are undone by relatively poor operational planning or practices.
The smart ones also get caught, but they may be successful for a long, long time. And yes Virginia, sometimes they do get away with it for good. Such is life.
Regardless of which actors we're talking about, the video above are simplifying several things for the benefit of a population that by and large (even post 9/11 and GWOT) still remains largely ignorant of what suspicious behavior really comprises when it comes to field reconnaisance of potential targets. This harkens back to the days of World War I and II where the US population were encouraged to turn in suspicious behavior or call in potential air raids or submarine sightings. Most of what you'll get in terms of reports will be false positives. It's trawling for the very few times where you'll actually get a real hit. But it doesn't cost anything to the government and it might actually work. Having worked for beancounters, I can see why this is appealing.
Overall, let's take the emotional impact statement by the horns:
Taking photos of buildings and facilities in of itself is not suspicious.
Photographs help identify gaps in security by giving information about people, technology and process. People - identifying individuals who may be vulnerable to some sort of external pressures (i.e., blackmail, bribery), technology (types of security equipment) and process (are security practices being enforced and effective). Certainly not an all-encompassing list by any means.
There are non-public (but not sensitive/classified) industry lists that interfaces with law enforcement. Every once in a while, there will be circulars asking for suspicious individual IDs, from stills taken by security systems. Some of those folks are carrying cameras. None of the cameras the individuals have are particularly good in low-light or high resolution - most of them are point & shoots. And do they look suspicious? Not really. Something about their behavior most likely triggered the request.
To that end, what constitutes suspicious behavior? We know it's not just taking a random odd shot of a building or a perimeter fence.
Good and effective recon of a facility means a couple of visits - at different times of the day or night and at different parts of the facility. Preferably once with a nearby contrived or (coincidentally timely) small crisis/event to see how the security force reacts. Operations with a large group of people are rare - more people knowing a secret means a greater risk of compromise. This is why operating cells of actors are small and isolated. Ideally, one cell or resource does the recon, passes it a middle-man and then is relayed to the cell actually conducting the operation. So a benign photographer who goes back again and again to "work" the same location will fall into that category by circumstance.
Everything I've just said is well-known, and most of it obsolete. Human behavior is unpredictable and there is a constant battle of measure and counter-measure between authorities and bad actors. The reality is that photographers have been caught up in the past by this practice, and they will for the foreseeable future. What we choose to do about it at an individual and collective level may help alleviate some of the inroads made to restricting our ability to practice our craft. But it may also become casualties to a larger political situation that is reflective of the times we live in.
#5. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 0
Too much paranoia in the US these days.
They won.
People are willing to give up their rights too easily.
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#8. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 7gkaiseril Nikonian since 28th Oct 2005Sun 14-Oct-12 03:43 PM
It is not the group but what they do with the information they gather.
Will they by 100% successful?
Will they not hurt an innocent individual?
Having served in the U.S. Army and read Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle while in the service and almost became the subject of security investigation. The author was not American and had a foreign author. It also challenged Solomon's decision or offered another view of the facts and possible outcome.
Makes one wonder what the U.S. Army is defending us against.
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#10. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 8Mon 15-Oct-12 03:28 PM | edited Mon 15-Oct-12 07:40 PM by HBB
Good points!
As citizens, we typically have little to no knowledge of what happens to surveillance data collected by various agencies. This issue becomes a question of agency secrecy versus freedom of information. Clearly, there are at least two sides to this issue.
I doubt that any agency can be 100 percent successful in efforts to thwart terrorism and other malicious acts threatening our safety and security. There will be false positives (those detained and later cleared of all malicious intent) and false negatives (those cleared in an airport security inspection, for example, who later attempt or complete a malicious act). Examples of both already exist.
It would be interesting to learn how many citizens would report a suspicious act to authorities versus those who would remain silent for fear of getting involved and/or fear of litigation should they be wrong. Is the answer to this question legislation guaranteeing immunity from prosecution for those willing to speak up? Another very challenging question.
The debate continues with two extremes: those preferring unlimited freedom versus those favoring dramatically heightened security measures. A middle ground, satisfying both sides, appears fiendishly difficult, and perhaps impossible, to identify.
From another perspective, the issue can be addressed from a proactive versus reactive model. In the proactive model, agencies strive to identify and neutralize threats before they are carried out. In the reactive model, agencies attempt to identify and capture those responsible for violent acts after they occur. Clearly, there are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches. Here again, a middle ground acceptable to all is difficult to identify. As pointed out elsewhere in this thread, many violent acts have been addressed in the reactive mode, by definition, as credible warnings did not surface in time, or were ignored.
During the last dozen years or so, I attended several citizen academies conducted by law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, county, and local levels. While a member of their alumni associations for several following years, I attended numerous lectures and briefings on agency activities, including counter-terrorism measures. I continue to have frequent contact with these agencies through my volunteer photography. Net result of this experience is heightened awareness of groups that would deprive us of our freedoms, and the enormous complexity of the tasks facing law enforcement agencies at all levels.
Both sides of the security versus freedom debate remain passionately committed to their respective positions. I lack the wisdom to offer the elusive compromise solution, and thus remain an interested and hopefully objective observer.
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#11. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 10Sportymonk Registered since 16th Jul 2007Mon 15-Oct-12 03:55 PM
I like your comments. The problem it seems is the difficulty in distinguishing between the "Gee, I was just taking a picture of something that caught my eye and made a pretty image" and the no-uniform subversive taking images for undisclosed reasons. They all look the same.
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#13. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 11Mon 15-Oct-12 08:00 PM
Agreed, how does one distinguish serious photographer from serious bad guy?
Serious bad guys can capture and transmit their images discreetly while using a cell phone, or they can set up a tripod, mount an expensive camera on it and explain to questioning authorities that they are capturing artistic images. To me, the cell phone approach is easier.
Compounding the issue is the question of interpreting local, applicable laws. How do we know that all officers are thoroughly briefed, and have a common, accurate understanding? Simple answer, we don't.
It is unfortunate that well-meaning photographers get caught up in the confusion. It is also unfortunate that the "one size fits all" solution to the problem, that all factions can accept, is nowhere in sight.
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#14. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 13Mon 15-Oct-12 08:51 PM
It's far more than unfortunate. In many cases, the questioning, detention, etc., by the police is illegal. The police need at least some probable cause, or even some reasonable suspicion of wrong doing.
Several years ago, I was stopped taking photos of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, built in 1926. I explained the bridge was interesting and I was trying to get some new angles in photographing it. I was told that under the Patriot Act I was forbidden to take photographs of strategic facilities like the BF Bridge. I was threatened with arrest if I didn't stop and was told to delete the photos. I refused to delete the photos and told the cop, politely that I had a Constitution right to take the photos, and he had no right to delete them for me. He again threatened me with arrest. I suggested he get his supervisor immediately as I would sue the PPD for false arrest and him personally if he arrested me, and I had a great lawyer, and since he hadn't arrested me I was leaving as is my right. I walked away. I think he was dumbfounded. He didn't do anything more about me, thank goodness. I didn't need more hassle.
Everything the cop said was incorrect. Moreover, that bridge has been photographed incessantly for more than 80 years. Google lists 3,150,000 images of the bridge with links in their search engine.
The authorities would be better off not worrying, at first, who's a good guy and who's not. They should be worrying about following the law, and not treating every photographer like a criminal before they know if they are a criminal.
It's more than unfortunate that good-guy and good-gal photographers get caught up in the confusion. It's criminal on the part of the police.
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#17. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 14Allen A Hale Registered since 26th May 2012Wed 17-Oct-12 12:52 PM | edited Wed 17-Oct-12 12:53 PM by Allen A Hale
I am continually amazed about how so many people will talk or write about how much blood has been given for our freedoms and how quickly those same people seem so willing to give up some of those freedoms out of fear, real or percieved.
However it is reassuring to read on this forum that there are people who understand and willingly exercise our freedoms.
#18. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 17Wed 17-Oct-12 01:16 PM
I couldn't agree with you more Allen.
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#19. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 0
Interesting points so far. I hope nobody glossed over Hal Becker's excellent observation about some bad actor with a cell phone. Some of you may recall the good old days of the Minox camera. Very small, very discrete little camera that any good spy up to no good would use to take photos without being spotted.
I would think that anyone who needs to get their own images because their Google Live Street Map function was lacking on a certain area would have half a brain cell in use to decide perhaps a cell phone camera might serve the reconnaissance needs. Besides, he must know by now that the Minox was a film camera and "nobody uses film anymore."
Reminds me of an incident with my wife many years ago. We were going out to the beach with our sons and I had recently purchased a real nice set of binoculars. Told the Mrs. I wanted to take the new glass out to the beach for testing. You can bet that she (the law) had me under close scrutiny all darn afternoon as I scanned that beach. The smart thing to do would have been to bring a real nice (and very dark) set of sunglasses.
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#20. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 0
Here is a key quotation from the article in the second link:
"We've been repeatedly told to watch out for photographers, especially suspicious ones. Clearly any terrorist is going to first photograph his target, so vigilance is required.
Except that it's nonsense. The 9/11 terrorists didn't photograph anything. Nor did the London transport bombers, the Madrid subway bombers, or the liquid bombers arrested in 2006. Timothy McVeigh didn't photograph the Oklahoma City Federal Building. The Unabomber didn't photograph anything; neither did shoe-bomber Richard Reid. Photographs aren't being found amongst the papers of Palestinian suicide bombers. The IRA wasn't known for its photography. Even those manufactured terrorist plots that the US government likes to talk about — the Ft. Dix terrorists, the JFK airport bombers, the Miami 7, the Lackawanna 6 — no photography."
Question: Has there ever been a case in which a terrorist has been associated with photographing something to aid a terrorist attack?
#21. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 20Thu 18-Oct-12 11:38 AM
To carry out their operations over the years, there is clear evidence that the CIA, FBI, MI6 and other governmental organizations have used photographic surveillance to gather information about their targets, and evidence, for that matter. They especially shot photos and video of suspected terrorists and criminals themselves for identification purposes, both to be sure who they are, and to make sure that they are identified properly when the government has moved in.
It is therefore easy to understand the government inferring that somewhere along the line, terrorists will do the same. Many photographs were found on Bin Laden's computers when he was killed, for example. The 11 arrested in Bangalore India who were going to try to assassinate political leaders and journalists had many photos of their targets.
I have no problem with watching out for suspicious photographers as long as it's done within the law. Much of the problem is what constitutes suspicious photography. For example, taking photos of famous landmarks including bridges, courthouses, monuments itself isn't suspicious, but because of the way many police departments have told their officers to go about this part of the their job, many officers conclude that anyone taking such photos are potential terrors and all must be treated as such unless they are sure (virtually proved) they're not, and that's absurd. Taking photographs of trains, including closeups is something many do. It's not terrorism per se. The same is true of industrial sites.
Much of the problem today is that commonsense has been thrown out the window, and ridiculous orders have gone too far. That needs to be reeled in.
We all know the saying, "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck." Well if it looks like a tourist, and photographs like a tourist, and talks like a tourist, then it probably is a tourist. To think otherwise is illogical, so if a police officer is still suspicious, okay, but treat the photographer as a tourist, unless after some reasonable questions, they don't act or talk like a tourist.
Two other ideas come time mind. For most terrorist targets, two things are true. There are probably at least thousands of photos of the target on the Internet already, and few targets even need more than a casual "look-see" to target them well, so there will be few terrorists doing photographic studies of their targets, other than people. Referring back to government operations mentioned above, it's far more difficult to take down a bunch of terrorists and have serious and convincing evidence against them without some photo/video surveillance, than it is for the terrorist to take down their target without any photo/video assistance whatsoever.
With regard to chemical plants mentioned by Diane, as an example. While it may be that some idiot terrorist is taking photos of the plant to help decide how to attack it, it's far more likely that the person photographing the plant is a person with an interest in photographing industrial sites which have an incredible array of fascinating looks and views that few people have ever seen, but that many would find amazing, especially with an accompanying explanation of what it is in the photo. I say "idiot terrorist" because if you merely drive by a few dozen times (in different vehicles, of course) you'll be able to quickly identify all potential ways in, if getting in is necessary, and what targets within the plant are worthwhile, and will cause the most damage. With my chemical engineering background, if you give me about 10 minutes of total surveillance I can easily identify precisely where to hit a chemical plant to the greatest effect, just like any other chem engineer. Moreover, I would think you wouldn't even enter the complex, but that a Stinger missile attack would work the best, so entry isn't even a factor to figure out.
Here's the thing. Photography isn't a crime. Making photographs of industrial sites, bridges, airports, train stations, subways, trains, monuments, historical buildings, high rises, etc. isn't a crime. It's not terrorism. There are also typically thousands of shots of these locations readily obtainable by anyone with a computer, tablet, or smartphone which already exist.
The paranoia and hysteria directed at tourists and serious photographers making images of these locations must stop. If it doesn't stop, then the terrorist have already won, because they've made us radically change our lives and be very afraid of ourselves.
While we need to be alert, and prepared, we need to rein in the extremism rampant today. We need to regain control of our police, and security agencies. "Street smarts" and intelligence will catch terrorists, not paranoia, as has been shown time and time again. We need to regain our rationality.
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#22. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 21agitater Nikonian since 18th Jan 2007Fri 19-Oct-12 01:10 AM | edited Fri 19-Oct-12 01:16 AM by agitater
I tread carefully here.
What's missing in the discussion - and I include the comments contributed by those with avowed security and military experience - is the fact that once a villain has penetrated your defenses and is actually inside the house, going through your drawers and rifling your pants pockets, you've missed the boat.
When borders and other entry points are so porous - essentially, manned by misguided and poorly trained security teams intent on searching baby stollers, wheelchairs, and looking under the skirts of old ladies instead of performing the harder and more skilled effort of interview and qualifying assessment - a situation is then created in which the population of the country is moved to turn on itself in many situations. Once it's known that borders have been penetrated, the population is driven to mutual suspicion. Why does this surprise anyone? Once borders have been penetrated, there is no more security. It's all catch-up after that - a losing battle at best, a catastrophe of epic proportions at worst. Does any of this ring a bell?
The police are composed of fallible citizens who've had the benefit of specialized training for the most part. But many of them are just as fearful, suspicious and panicky as many common citizens. In the minds of the authorities - who know full well that the fox is already in the hen house, disguised as just another hen - all the hens are suspects. How could they think otherwise?
In the intelligence dodge, Infragard is a joke. It produces little of value.
Half the photographic site information that might be of interest to prospective villains these days is available through Google street view. The psychopaths who walk past a secure facility or office building (or whatever) intent on photographing something for later examination in order to determine or detect something of interest to them, are like the idiot who shows up wearing a jester's costume at a party where everyone else is wearing a suit. As Armando implied in his comment, a psychopath stands out by definition - because he can't fit into normal society. The psychopaths are also a distraction, many of them deployed and sacrificed by nefarious agents to distract and confuse and scare common citizens and to test existing defense & detection schemes.
The problem is simply that all the villains aren't psychopaths. They don't penetrate borders and then don black capes and stand under street lamps twirling their moustaches so that we can spot them. Far from it, the scariest villains are the ones who are dedicated to their beliefs, and who believe their actions are justified, and who (when confronted) can bring demonstrably cogent arguments to the table. If you let those ones inside your borders, you've got a problem which no amount of profiling, Infragard-style ratting on the neighbours, wanding & frisking everyone at the entrances to a football stadium, or accosting photographers like Ned (or Armando or me or any of thousands of other Nikonians) is going to fix.
Our leaders fail us. Our bureacracy fails us. Our security services fail us. They've all succeeded in slamming the door shut after the villains were already inside. Once the villains acclimatize and start to look just like us, we're driven to suspect our neighbours and friends. Really - you have to ask yourselves what was served (and what is being served now) by allowing that to happen? Does such a situation allow well-funded and authoritarian agencies to gain even more control over us in our respective countries and communities? Did it happen because of the arrogance of competing security agencies who refused to cooperate deeply enough over the decades? If it's not one of those two reasons, is it that too many of the villains are a lot smarter than the people we have in place to guard us?
Stupid cops approach a photographer and demand to know what's going on. Smart cops approach a photographer and ask about what's so interesting, thereby giving a real photographer (amateur, beginner or pro) the opportunity to start babbling about light, angles, texture, etc., etc., whereupon the cop comes to understand that there's nothing going on. The lesson from this sort of example is the uncomfortable conclusion that our local police are poorly trained for this. The chiefs of police, commanders, and rank & file cops - in the course of panic over the fact that the fox is already in the hen house - have forgotten the most important lesson of all that when you start treating too many citizens with suspicion and rancour, you make enemies out of them, and then you've got to battle your own people at the same time as you battle well-disguised villains. It doesn't get any dumber than that. Good grief, you couldn't make this *&%* up.
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#23. "RE: Terrorism and Photographers " | In response to Reply # 22Fri 19-Oct-12 02:16 AM
"Stupid cops approach a photographer and demand to know what's going on. Smart cops approach a photographer and ask about what's so interesting, thereby giving a real photographer (amateur, beginner or pro) the opportunity to start babbling about light, angles, texture, etc., etc., whereupon the cop comes to understand that there's nothing going on. The lesson from this sort of example is the uncomfortable conclusion that our local police are poorly trained for this. The chiefs of police, commanders, and rank & file cops - in the course of panic over the fact that the fox is already in the hen house - have forgotten the most important lesson of all that when you start treating too many citizens with suspicion and rancour, you make enemies out of them, and then you've got to battle your own people at the same time as you battle well-disguised villains. It doesn't get any dumber than that. Good grief, you couldn't make this *&%* up."
Very well said. Thanks.
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There were no troublesome memories in his childish sleep; no token came to him of his brave days at college, of the glittering years when he flustered the hearts of many girls. There were only the white, safe walls of his crib and Nana and a man who came to see him sometimes, and a great big orange ball that Nana pointed at just before his twilight bed hour and called "sun."
And then he remembered nothing. When he was hungry he cried—that was all. Through the noons and nights he breathed and over him there were soft mumblings and murmurings that he scarcely heard, and faintly differentiated smells, and light and darkness.
Then it was all dark, and his white crib and the dim faces that moved above him, and the warm sweet aroma of the milk, faded out altogether from his mind. (2.1.8-11)
What we see is that Fitzgerald avoids the crassness of any overly physical detail and instead describes Benjamin's death from Benjamin's point of view. The result is a subtle, artistic, and poignant ending that tips the story's tone from the realm of satirical fantasy into real, emotional, and bittersweet drama. You can check out our discussion of "Tone" for more on the mosaic of moods to be found in "Benjamin Button."


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Don't be surprised if we become the darlings of the media. It's about eyeballs looking at the tube and, apparently, that means us.
Chet, don't let Doug Gottlieb hear you say anything like that.
Ronald, hopefully there'll be nothing more than a share of a B1G title on the line. If not outright, we should at least have a co-championship wrapped up by then. Of course that doesnt mean there still won't be a lot of intrigue nationwide. Another potential top five matchup to close out the regular season? Doesn't get much better. And as Chet alluded, despite clowns like Gottlieb giving their best effort to belittle us, the IU brand is skyrocketing. Maybe we can get free publicity like Kentucky's ESPN all access show. Well, then again… Maybe we better not…
I've been watching IU hoops since 1980 and Victor Oladipo has redefined the often used phrase "Indiana kid". He is without a doubt no matter how this season ends the greatest Hoosier player in my lifetime.
Aruss I recognize that is your opinion regarding Oladipo and you are certainly entitled to it. However, just to point out here that you are saying that Oladipo is better than any IU player since you started watching IU in 1980. The list of other possible candidates would include, but not be limited to:
Isiah Thomas (1981 national champion)
Steve Alford (1987 national champion and runner up to David Robinson for national player of the year, IU's #2 scorer and #2 in career steals)
Calbert Cheaney (1993 national player of the year; IU's all-time leading scorer; Big Ten all-time leading scorer; member of a Final 4 (1992) and Final 8 team (1993)
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Victor Oladipo had another great game last night. Do you think its possible he is a top 5 pick? Not a ton of comps out there with his combination of athleticism and defense.
Chad Ford (1:48 PM)
Yes. He's moved into the Top 5 on our Big Board and for the first time, I've had a couple of GMs tell me that they like him more than Ben McLemore. They are in the minority right now … but still. What a rise. In all my years of covering the draft, I've never seen a player improve as much as I've seen him improve in such a small period of time. He has weaknesses, but major, major upside. If he continues to improve, I don't think it's out of the question he could be the No. 1 pick in June. He's not there yet, but he's special.
Victor may not be the best player since 1980 but I would argue this is the best team since 1976. 4 1000 point scorers on one team says a ton, not only about the individual skills of those four but also about their character as teammates. not only can they each score, but they can also share. It is a joy to watch them play!
I find it ironic that we hear so much this year about college basketball being 'down.' I guess that means that Kentucky, North Carolina, and UCLA are bad, because I see a lot of good basketball while watching the Big Ten (with the exception of perennial losers like Penn State, Nebraska, and Purdue). I'm too lazy to actually look it up, but I wonder how that 2.7 rating compares with similar matchups in previous years. Does 'average fan' from outside the B10 geographic area really think that this is a bad year, or is that just an easy storyline for national media to glom onto?
Aruss, "best" is so subjective but I'm on board with the estimation that I've never seen a Hoosier with his combination of amazing skills.
He is a wonder and, top 5 pick or not, he is easily the best player I've seen this season.
kurk81, my father and I were just talking about that…all you hear is how down it is this year, almost all national media are speaking like this. Down why?…because some of the past few years heavy hitters like UK and UNC are down, please. It is strange to me…in the past you have one, two…maybe three teams that you know for sure will win it all and everyone else sucks…up until just recently when our Hoosiers came to the top…it was 10-20 teams that could make a run…maybe it still is, I don't know but isn't that how you want it (unless you are an IU fan lol), many tough teams?
I will be curious to see how IU plays the rest of the regular season…I sure hope to see a banner hanging at the end of the big dance…especially this year with UK down!!! They are coming together at the right time it seems to me and defense is the key…well that and Wat decided to play hard for 40 minutes and rebound (why has this not been talked about?, maybe focus too much on Dipo and Zeller)!!! I am too excited…after the OSU and MSU games my expectations are back where they were this past summer and beginning of the season!!! If you know me though, it is hard on me when my expectations have risen.
Sorry for the following comment. Bored while waiting for the next game.
JPat. I understand. I'm 70. While it is also hard on me when my expectation has risen, it is also, on some level, exciting.
See first sentence.
It's kind funny to me to hear everyone, especially the national media, talk about Dipo as if he's arisen out of the woodwork just this year. He was really good last year, too; we were having many, many talks at the end of last season along the lines of "If Dipo can just improve his jump shot, he will be scary-good next year." I'm not sure how much of the Dipo emergence is due to some radical, unprecedented improvement, and how much is simply due to being given a bigger role and gaining more confidence.
Aruss, I certainly appreciate your regard for VO. I too think he is a wonderful player, and certainly one of the very best that has worn the candy stripes. But the "best" IU player I've seen since 1980 was Landon Turner. From a physical standpoint, LT was a total freak (that's a compliment). Oh, he struggled to find his work ethic and consistency, and was in Bob Knight's dog house for much of that 80/81 season, but when he began to play to his potential and make use of his enormous talent, IU made a run all the way through the NCAA Championship, and LT, in my opinion was the main reason why. Had he not been injured in that car accident in the summer of 1981, Landon Turner would have had a phenomenal senior season and been the first player picked in the 1982 NBA Draft. And most likely would have gone on to a hall of fame career in the NBA. Landon Turner was that gifted.
I'm not taking anything away from VO, but LT, when he finally got focused and applied his amazing talent, was the dominant player in college basketball.
Podunker, I second your comments and admiration for Landon. Once he got his head straight – about half-way through the '81 season, he was one of the best I've ever seen. However, if we're talking about one season only (not careers) how could anyone argue against George McGinnis? Averaged 30pts, 15rbs. Not the defensive player that Oladipo is, but he owned the B10 that year – a man among boys. But that's my top three – Landon, George, and Victor. Different tools, to compare them is 'apples and oranges.'
VO has improved his game over and over in only a season and a half. As Chet stated his is a focused skill set and in amounts we have not seen before at IU. I still maintain the "81" NC team was the best I've ever seen for a whole tournament run. Their score differentials during the dance were obscene. It is still not possible for any IU player to displace Bobby Wilkerson as my favorite IU baller. 6'7″ guard who could handle the ball, rebound extraordinaire(he recorded 19 in the final 4 game against UCLA), could successfully guard man to man positions of each guard, each forward and the center of every team they played. Not to mention he also jumped center. He gave up wanting a larger offensive roll to help the team be more complete and accomplished. It worked.
Theories for why its considered a "down year" in college basketball:
– UK & UNC aren't very good (who really cares about UCLA anymore, they play their games after most of america has gone to bed)
– no team has threatened to go undefeated… So there is no "great team". I think it's now pretty clear IU is the best team, but does even the most ardent IU fan on this board have total confidence that we WILL win it all this year?
– all the top teams are losing, and a lot of the losses can't be explained very easily. There may be as many as (3) #1 seeds that have 5 losses this year.
– the NBA execs do not rate this as a very talented draft, and therefore the "experts" don't consider it a great college crop.
– too many underclassmen in BCS schools' starting line-ups.
– the Establishment doesn't like the B1G, so they downplay the quality of college basketball overall
– too much coaching by entropy…
IU/MI rematch tv ratings? Only if it means something, right now it doesn't. And hopefully it won't either, we have a 2 game lead over Michigan right now.
In terms of achievement, it's difficult to argue against Isiah Thomas.
* 2× NBA champion (1989–1990)
* NBA Finals MVP (1990)
* 12× NBA All-Star (1982–1993)
* 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1984, 1986)
* 3× All-NBA First Team (1984–1986)
* 2× All-NBA Second Team (1983, 1987)
* NBA All-Rookie First Team (1982)
* NCAA champion (1981)
* NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1981)
* Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1981)
* J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1987)
* NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
* No. 11 Retired by the Detroit Pistons
In terms of the Hoosier that epitomize the undaunted spirit, values, and heart of Indiana Basketball..?
Answer: Steve Downing. Indiana kid. Now an old and grown Indiana man with the innocence and kindness still the kid at heart.
And it was Steve Downing that put Bobby Knight on the map as the center point a miraculous Cinderella run to face Wooden's mighty Bruins at a '73 Final Four. And Downing carried us without McGinnis(had already turned pro). Can one imagine the dominance if McGinnis would have come back for his sophomore season? And did Downing buckle with so much pressure going against what the national media named the premier center of the day on the unprecedented stage and pivotal moment in our university's b-ball history? Downing merely spanked the hell out of Bill Walton. The only thing the Establishmnet could do was pin him with a bogus foul to ensure UCLA was where the media elite had already penciled them in. The Hoosiers and Downing walked away from that Final Four as the true champions.
There might also be an argument for Scott May. Very, very undervalued Hoosier. A healthy Scott May going into the '75 tournament would have highly increased the probability of another banner hanging in Assembly. I've heard many claims that the '75 Hoosiers were even one rung up the ladder in comparison to the '76 team(both years were undefeated regular seasons). A foul with intent to injure at a game up in Mackey kept May on the sidelines for the '75 NCAA tournament.
And though Damon Bailey didn't live up to all expectations, it's hard to put a dollar value and spotlight value he injected into Indiana Hoosiers. I don't think the national buzz currently surrounding Oladipo can compare to the spectacle surrounding Bailey his every step onto a basketball court leading up to his arrival in Bloomington. And the attention didn't stop upon his arrival. The kid had so much to live up to. I doubt anyone could measure up to the 'God of Corncob' image that young man had to battle everyday. With Damon Bailey came the birth of hype. He should get a lifetime pension from Indiana for the media dollars and journalism careers he helped infuse so much energy. We did Damon wrong. We made him into a god and then we spit him out.
Do you want William Jennings Bryan and the 'Jersey Pipeline' forever defining Indiana hoops?
Or, do want the Hollywood backdrop of an innocent fairytale image of basketball nowhere else such purity and devotion to a game be found?
I wanted the Sampson "thugs" image. The Establishment, Cowbell Cowherdand, and Hollywood Seth hate guys like Harvard. What are they to do now? We have the preacher in "white" that is an expert a real witches brew. D-Wade of Bible meets D-Bailey of Evolution…What's an Establishment to do?
Guys, I think the criteria was "since 1980" when Aruss said he first first began watching IU basketball. If we want to go further back, we can include Scott May, George McGinnis, and a lot of other great Indiana players. But since 1980, I still must go with Mr. Turner.
Does anyone remember the story about Landon Turner having the talent to run track for IU's great track team? The details are fuzzy after all these years, but I seem to recall a story about IU's track coach, who was involved in the basketball team's off-season conditioning, being quoted in an article that if Landon Turner joined IU's track team, he had the potential to become the Big Ten and maybe even the NCAA Champion in the 400 and/or 800 meter races. Apparently, IU's track coach at the time challenged Turner to race for time. As it turned out, his first attempt would have qualified him as one of the fastest in country at the time. Landon Turner was a freakishly gifted athlete.
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You are right about Steve Downing and the Final Four UCLA game. I remember watching that game. No one expected IU to get that far in the tournament. But we made the media believers when we beat UCLA at the beginning of the 73-74 season and after that there was no stopping the Hoosiers.
Oladipo is no Eric Gordon(that is, a healthy Eric Gordon).
Not offensively… But defensively the gap is just as wide in Dipo's favor… Plus I have a feeling he's a much more natural leader, has a couple inches in height and length, and can have a major impact on the game without ever running a play for him, even on offense. I love EJ, but you can't say that about him.
Damon Bailey is still my favorite Hoosier.
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U-9 USYSA game. Visitor's coach has the player passes but is late getting to the game. The ref starts the game anyway. When visiting coach arrives, within the grace period, he sees what is happening and pulls his team off the field. After some discussion, the coaches agree to restart the game, but the ref refuses.
What is your opinion of:
A. The home team coach's actions
B. The visiting team coach's actions
C. The ref's actions.
Now, what do you think the final result should be, and why?
The referee never should have started the game. Never. Every fact sheet I've seen and at every recert class it's been made crystal clear "NO PASS, NO PLAY, NO EXCEPTION".
That being said, the visiting coach who was late probably didn't want to risk liability of some sort (too many lawyers floating around, y'know) and I understand, since there's no game and perhaps he had a personal liability fear. His assistant, or whomever it was that allowed his team to take the field, was very wrong as well and was hoping to pull a fast one. What would have happened if the coach got a flat tire and never showed up at all? Then what?
I didn't see a reason to comment at all about the home coach, other than he should not have allowed his team to take the field. They were within the grace period, so they could not have said "no game" and decided to have a non-league friendly (without the assigned referee, who is not supposed to be involved with that).
The referee is to blame here for not waiting at least until the grace period expired before doing anything. If he had doubts, he should have called his assignor for guidance.
This sounds like a bad situation that each party could have done something to avoid. Let's hope they all learn from it and we never hear about anything like this again.
I agree that, if the passes are required by the league authority, then the match shouldn't begin until the passes have been verified.
In our State, the rule was (may have changed) that if a player was missing his pass, he didn't play; but if the entire team had no passes, then the match could be played and the Referee was to report the issue to the league. Recreational leagues exist for player enjoyment, and rankings take a back seat.
Once the match begins, if a team leaves the field and refuses to resume play in a reasonable period, then the Referee declares it to be an Abandoned Match. According to ATR 5.12, the match is to be replayed unless the competition rules state otherwise.
You asked for comment on 3 individuals.
A. Home team coach. I see no error here on his part. His worst sin, if any, is in agreeing to restart the match IF it had been declared Abandoned. Since this IS NOT a forfeit situation, he is not giving up a win by agreeing to let the kids play.
B. Visiting team coach. Virtually all error lies here. Don't be late, and don't pull the team from the field during a game.
Honestly, I didn't understand the reason from the scenario as to why he would pull his team in the first place. "what is happening" is a soccer game. Why is that a problem? I don't see a liability issue.
C. Referee. If the rule required passes, he should not have started the match without them. He should have waited the prescribed waiting period.
If he has declared the match Abandoned, then he is correct in not restarting it. The match is now in the hands of the League, not his. The role of the Referee whose has declared an Abandoned Match is to write a full report, not go back and try to un-abandon the match.
If the Referee has NOT abandoned the match, and the players are willing to resume play, that should have happened. To be clear, restarting the match from the beginning is not an option.
In either case, I would probably have issued a caution to the Team Captain for leaving the field without permission. At U-9 I would not have added a 2nd Caution for Dissent if the Captain refused to bring his team back on. The Visiting coach does need the equivalent of a Caution, including a report on his behavior.
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