Whether you said it in jest or not, the attitude behind the words is very common among your people when they travel. Now you are saying ignorance of the law is an acceptable reason to break the law and that because you follow the rules sometimes its all good to break them at other times. I think that as an officer of the court you know better than that.
bill On Sat., Jul. 2, 2022, 11:02 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, come on, Bill. Give me a break. > > I took and published those images because there was no indication that it > was improper to do so. There are no signs at either the Eiffel Tower or > the Atomium stating that photographs are forbidden. They are more > than happy to accept Euros from us crass Americans. The images we take > home and show friends certainly promote their tourist industries. In three > decades of travelling, I have yet to run into a local who seemed to > resent Americans. While Americans often have a bad rap, in my > experience tourists from certain European countries are far louder and more > demanding than most Americans. > > I always respect museums and religious sites when they limit photography, > as do almost all American tourists. > > Besides all that, Larry's comment about my needing a good lawyer was said > i jest, as was my reply. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 5:28 PM Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat., Jul. 2, 2022, 2:01 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <[email protected] >> > >> wrote: >> >> > I like to think of myself as a skillful lawyer. <G> >> > I >> > 'm at least good enough to fight them off for years. >> > >> >> And this attitude of entitlement and disrespect is why so many places >> don't >> like American tourists. >> >> Just sayin. >> >> bill >> -- >> %(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. >> >> -- %(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.
