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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 301310" data-attributes="member: 9521">This is yet another example of a good idea turned into a bad policy. Here's the good idea - stop terrorists from taking reconnaissance photos of a public place that could be used for a future terrorist attack. Great idea, right? But for some reason, great ideas like this somehow get turned into the bad policy of stopping photographers out in the open from taking photographs. Any terrorist worth their salt will not stand out in the open with a large camera at his (or her) face and announce to the world that he's (she's) taking photographs. Rather, he'll (she'll) take them while pretending to talk on a cell phone, or take them with a camera hidden in a suitcase or purse. Another great example revolves around reducing gun violence. What a great idea that is? I mean, who can argue with reducing gun violence? However, the only two policy answers people seem to focus on are either arming everyone to the hilt guns or removing guns completely (both ludicrous ideas, IMO). Hopefully someday we'll find a way to match good ideas with good policy but today is certainly not that day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 301310, member: 9521"] This is yet another example of a good idea turned into a bad policy. Here's the good idea - stop terrorists from taking reconnaissance photos of a public place that could be used for a future terrorist attack. Great idea, right? But for some reason, great ideas like this somehow get turned into the bad policy of stopping photographers out in the open from taking photographs. Any terrorist worth their salt will not stand out in the open with a large camera at his (or her) face and announce to the world that he's (she's) taking photographs. Rather, he'll (she'll) take them while pretending to talk on a cell phone, or take them with a camera hidden in a suitcase or purse. Another great example revolves around reducing gun violence. What a great idea that is? I mean, who can argue with reducing gun violence? However, the only two policy answers people seem to focus on are either arming everyone to the hilt guns or removing guns completely (both ludicrous ideas, IMO). Hopefully someday we'll find a way to match good ideas with good policy but today is certainly not that day. [/QUOTE]

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