Re: [NSW] Picture taking at stations (Please Read)

[dongbert@my-deja.com]

> | to all

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> | thing which surprises me is why on earth do the authorities have
> | suspicion over a 13yr?!? (Me)

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> Having said that, it is popular for graffitists to photograph their
work and
> it is possible that they thought you were one of them. Don't forget,
you
> don't need to have "graffitist" tattooed to your forehead.

Maika, I think you and "Erk" have both hit the nail on the head. I was
often hassled as a youngster - the last time at about age 17 when the
first Tangara set was on display at Sydney Terminal for Barrie
Unsworth's re-election campaingn. The 4-car set was crawling with
transit police (a ratio of TP-public of about 3:1!) I sat down to
change a film and they jumped on me. An even younger enthusaist friend
had his backpack emptied on the platform 'looking for textas'. Poor
kid, he was just a mini-gunzel and they treated him like he was in the
IRA.

Hassles stopped when I had to start shaving. So chin up mate, keep on
doing the right thing, and don't let them (or the smartarses in this
newsgroup) turn you off trains.

Dongbert.


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