"Make them afraid, divide them up, and conquer them." Same old horse droppings... Old news in another era of fear and instability. And yes: it can affect all of us (and everyone else) directly.
Read "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis ... written in 1935. G -- No matter where you go, others have likely already been. > On Oct 12, 2021, at 9:33 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some of you might have heard about this incident - it's been on the national > news. > But just in case you didn't hear what was the culprit, - that was a "vintage" > style camera and human stupidity. > > I am quoting this article from PetaPixel: > > "The incident reportedly occurred after a woman spotted a fellow passenger > scrolling through videos and photos of vintage cameras. She mistook the > images of vintage cameras for bombs and believed that the passenger was > looking up bomb-making instructions. > > The woman’s fears peaked after the man pulled out his own vintage camera and > began fiddling with its settings — she believed that he was setting a timer > on a bomb’s detonator. She then notified a flight attendant and the pilots > decided to land in Queens. > > https://petapixel.com/2021/10/11/mans-vintage-camera-mistaken-for-bomb-causes-emergency-landing/ > > After they landed, the guy with the camera was seen face down on the tarmac. > > A bunch of news outlets wrote later: > "Authorities determined there was no criminality at play in an incident > Saturday when a passenger was detained after reports of suspicious behavior, > prompting the flight arriving at New York City's LaGuardia Airport to be > deplaned on the tarmac." > > I guess they decided that stupidity that caused the scare is not criminal. > > The news snippet I saw on TV claimed that the guy had a camera that was > similar to a Mamia TLR. > > It is interesting, that someone suggested in the comments that DHS (Homeland > Security) had initiated a fear of cameras a few years ago: > https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/homeland-security-photography-warning.php > > Cheers! > > Igor > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
