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My point is I don't think it should be illegal to openly photograph anything visible from public land. It should be the government's responsibility to secure an
by PrimeMcFly 3y ago
My point is I don't think it should be illegal to openly photograph anything visible from public land. It should be the government's responsibility to secure and hide their land without criminalizing interested members of the public from taking photos and observing what they are doing.
It's the equivalent of sunbathing naked on your front lawn and getting angry that someone is taking photos.
- ethanbond 3y agoFWIW I get (and agree with) the philosophical thrust of your argument here, but in reality it doesn’t make any sense. The world you’re describing is one where government facilities have to all be in profoundly challenging places to operate facilities in, and even once you do that, a Chinese or Russian national is 100% within their rights to pull up a tent right alongside it, put a camera up on a 300 foot tower, and surveil the site 24/7. Under the Constitution, anyone in the US has the right to do what you’ve described, and so they have the right to do what I’ve described too.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoI get what you are saying also, and kind of understand it. I think I would just prefer if rather than making it illegal to photograph a base that happens to be visible, actual treason or espionage should be the only things which are illegal, and the government needs to prove that. It might make things harder on the government, but I think it is fundamentally more fair.