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PHOTOGRAPHERS NOT WELCOME IN FLORIDA
" Florida Senate Bill 1246, introduced in February, would make it a first-degree felony to take a picture of any farmland, even from the side of the road, without written permission of the land's owner."
This is the same penalty as if you shot someone with a gun :: I am so proud of my state and it's wise decisions; including the elimination of sports, art,& music in our school system.
If I was a photographer I wouldn't care about a can of worms-- I would be way more concerned about what is in my portfolio;; and then One's constitutional rights / is the beach next?? is your state next???
Just to give you all something to really chew on--- bad nuts---
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Comment by Marguerite McGrath on April 7, 2011 at 10:40pm -
You can blame the HSUS for this. Their modus operandi of using various methods of recording farm activities and selectively editing that footage into sensationalist videos released to the media, usually before one of the anti-animal agriculture lobbying efforts has gotten farmers and farm bureaus all over the US looking for ways to keep these animal nazis from victimizing any more farmers.
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Comment by Diana Ferguson on April 7, 2011 at 10:42pm -
I thought this was an April Fool's joke, until I saw the date. Seriously?!
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Comment by Nels Johnson on April 7, 2011 at 10:51pm -
No Bill, you can blame all those foolish persons who voted Republican and let them get away with any hair-brained scheme they want. So Marguerite , your response is is Ok to make it a felony now when somebody stops on the road and takes a picture now, because that is what the planned bill says, hello--what country are you in?
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Comment by Nels Johnson on April 7, 2011 at 10:53pm
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gee Bill maybe the legislature in their infinite "Republican' nature will next make it a felony to be sailing with vodka on board--might get sloppy sailing and kill some krill in the ocean.
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Comment by Kathleen Neff on April 7, 2011 at 11:00pm -
No worry...I'll take my voyeurism somewhere else!
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Comment by geri a. wegner on April 7, 2011 at 11:28pm -
never underestimate the price the florida legislature is willing to take to get a law passed.
And if it benefits our governor and his fiscal interests, he is all in favor of it.
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Comment by Michelle Wermuth on April 8, 2011 at 8:03am -
Wonderful. However it is aimed at activists. But I agree it is not a good sign. Again photography is the red headed step child.
Honestly though If I am taking photographs of someones farm I am inclined to go knock on a door and ask if they don't mind.
But that is just me.
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Comment by Lisa Barrus on April 8, 2011 at 9:24am -
However, it is OK for a google maps to send a van with a camera to my neighborhood and take pictures of my home, street, neighborhood without my permission from the road, yet I can't take a photo of farm from the side of the road? Or, what about the cameras that take photos of red light runners????? Where do our rights begin?
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Comment by CM Fox on April 8, 2011 at 11:20am -
Whatta's HSUS?
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Comment by Willie McTell on April 8, 2011 at 12:26pm -
"ANIMAL NAZIS"???? ????
oh yeah, I forgot. A nazi is anything you do not like.
But in this case abuse of the term is particularly hilarious.
Lets see....Nazis killed a lot of innocent people...so....Animal Nazis must kill lots of innocent farmers.
Damn those Animals. They are totally out of control.
Makes complete sense to me. Thank goodness the farmers are busy slaughtering those Animal Nazis. We wouldn't want them taking over the barnyard.
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