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They're sticking objects into your personal space without consent, possibly constituting harassment or invasion of privacy/eavesdropping in some jurisdictions.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
They're sticking objects into your personal space without consent, possibly constituting harassment or invasion of privacy/eavesdropping in some jurisdictions. I highly doubt the court costs for 99% of their sweatshop-made electronics are worth the hassle, including convincing a jury. I'm not saying you should grab their stuff and stomp it into the dirt, but a swat isn't gonna hurt these clowns.
- ovao 4y agoA person who approaches you and asks you a question — camera or no — is not deserving of assault.
- hgsgm 4y agoAssault, camera or no, is deserving of a self-defense response. What if was a knife or gun, not a camera? They look similar. I'm not going to wait until I'm bleeding out to find out.
- saagarjha 4y agoAre you a cop?
- akerl_ 4y agoWhat camera do you use that looks like a gun?
- ovao 4y ago> they look similar Insofar as they’re both…objects?
- anigbrowl 4y agoThey don't need to. While it's unlikely to happen to you, people have in fact been assassinated by others who they believed to be a regular camera crew: https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/10/06/bindra.focus/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/10/06/bindra....
- anigbrowl 4y agoGenerally true. But if you decline to engage and they force their company upon you, their behavior becomes unwelcome, and the longer they persist in it the more aggressive their unwillingness to leave you alone becomes.
- jjcon 4y ago> They're sticking objects into your personal space without consent, possibly constituting harassment or invasion of privacy/eavesdropping in some jurisdictions You don’t watch the news much do you? This is the MO of reporters at every news agency chasing a soundbyte. Nothing illegal in the slightest.
- Dudeman112 4y agoI would imagine most jurisdictions have specific laws that apply to journalism and don't apply to regular people?
- jjcon 4y agoJournalists are regular people - any gatekeeping would be a massive regression in freedom of the press
- b112 4y agohttps://ambientlight.ca/laws/the-laws/provincial-law/quebec/human-rights-code/ https://ambientlight.ca/laws/the-laws/provincial-law/quebec/... In Quebec, your image is yours.