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Can someone illuminate why a recording device would illicit such a harsh reaction? I can understand businesses wanting to avoid someone stand there with a video
by saboot 14y ago
Can someone illuminate why a recording device would illicit such a harsh reaction? I can understand businesses wanting to avoid someone stand there with a video camera, but does France take this more seriously?
- facorreia 14y agoHe's not telling the whole story.
- petercooper 14y agoThere are (sadly) thousands of such stories, YouTube videos, etc. about photographers getting assaulted and intimidated when legally taking photos in certain areas. This is basically the same thing at an even more technological level. My speculation on this: A lot of people in security have such boring jobs that even if they don't feel intimidated by photographers, they relish a chance to play big, get a buzz out of the day, and look like they're "doing their job."
- jlgreco 14y agoSecurity personnel often react irrationally to photographic equipment. The only unique thing here is that in this case the equipment was attached to his head.
- DanBC 14y agoTry it sometime - just take a video camera and point it at someone and see what their reaction is. Now do this for everyone you ever meet, all day every day, in a strange country, and you see that although violence is rare you've increased the number of opportunities for violence to happen.