This story amused me slightly. It's a sort of bizarre mind set this article reveals, as if things are always private even if you are in public. Can't you just hear the indignity of "We weren't doing anything wrong!" and the unspoken desire to sue a 'big brother' government? I hate to say it, but in public, people can take pictures of you. Additionally, anti-war protestors, in the middle of a war, are just BEGGING the government to look in on them. This doesn't have to be nefarious, but when you have people actively undermining you, you keep an eye on them. Oh the humanity! I talk bad about someone and they watch me!
Sorry, that wasn't kind, but it is how this comes accross to me. Americans are SO obsessed with this idea of privacy, that they expect to have it even while in public. They expect to be doing anythign they want and as long as it is illegal, for the government to stay completely away. Well, it just seems silly to me. After all, if you're doing something illegal, you think you'll advertise it? And if not, how in the world is the government supposed to stop it? Now, there is a line, but I think most people expect the line to be much to far over. If it was as far over as the ACLU wants it, there'd be a field day on criminal activity.
I think another reason this amuses me is living here. For about a week my roommate and I were being cased by the FSB. It was pretty obvious. Everytime I left and every time I returned the phone would ring. We saw guys who did not live in our building habitually around and in our building, occaisionally knocking on our door. It was as if they didn't care if we knew. And here americans are whining about photos being taken in a public place of an event they were doing to TRY and effect the government? Boggles the mind.
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