For Sale: I'm a Terrorist not a Photographer

We would only ever be safe if terrorist behaved in a such unique special ways . . .

Which kind of brings us back to our original point, terrorists are not so stupid that they will fail to spot that all they need to do is modify their behaviour to circumnavigate a detection system

The police are still stopping people stood in the street with a full size SLR camera and tripod and harassing them under anti-terrorism legislation - as if a terrorist would not simply snap a picture on his mobile phone from the back seat of a taxi or the top deck of a bus like so many tourists (I am a photographer not a tourist t-shirt anyone ?) but instead go out on his scouting mission with a fucking tripod and and SLR and stand in full view of the public and no doubt multiple CCTV views and in clear view of the police and start composing his shot.

what about the WoW fans, Goths, Emos, internet nerds.. the thousands of other people whose behaviour is not considered normal? Tynan.. you are fucked son!

They will never fucking catch me, I have got a pair of heelys, bastards never thought of that in their anti-tourism legalisation did they ?

In order to make progress they will have to shift the law so areas that are deemed antisocial i.e. get in the way of their “investigations” can be penalised, to make their ventures appear successful and demonstrate the good they are doing.

Well that kind of thing is already happening, Section 44 of the Terrorism Act gives the police the power to stop and search anyone that want within a designated geographical area - under this act the police do not need to suspect you of having done anything wrong (no requirement for reasonable suspicion - no requirement that you have done or are going to do anything wrong) - this extraordinary power - literally the profound power for one group within the community to exercise absolute and unaccountable dominion over the rest of the community - is clearly legislated to be temporary (the maximum authorization lasts 28 days) and restricted to a limited geographical area.

But this authorization has been applied to the whole of greater London and made permanent by the constant renewal of the order every 28 days - it has now been in place continuously for years - not the intended limited period - it has become normalized - this alone has profoundly changed the relationship between state and the people.