Two grandparents were kicked out of the University Park Mall Tuesday after they took a picture of their visiting grandson in the Food Court. "We were going to take our grandson, he's five and visiting from California, to see Santa and we were just sitting around the table having something to drink, talking about what we were planning and that's when my husband took the picture," said Grandmother Debbie Cassella. Cassella said immediately a mall employee instructed them to stop taking pictures or they would be thrown out of the mall http://www.wndu.com/hometop/headlin...of_grandson_135976523.html?storySection=story Nice customer service there Mall staff. This country is doomed and it can't come soon enough.
A while ago this happened in the UK and the freedom loving Americans used it as point to make about freedom in the UK. Today I feel a little smug.
Look what the right wing wimps have done to this country. They are so spineless and scared that terrorists are going to kill them that everything is about these cowards security now..... And the funny thing is these are the same people who are always talking about freedom.
NDAA was bi-partisan. Patriot act was Bi-partisan. Reality folks. This isnt some game where you pick a side to rout for. Both parties are corrupt as hell.
We all know that historically it is only right-wingers who install authoritarian police states. Totalitarian leftists are just innocent victims of right-wing policies.
1) Privately owned mall enforces its own rules 2) People complain about this non-political issue on a political forum 3) Lefties and right-wingers blame each other instead of blaming the mall ...and that's what's wrong with American politics these days.
True, this isn't the best example of the rush towards invasive measures taken by the government to prevent terrorism. However, it does represent the paranoia that is spread by the fear-mongering. Why is taking pictures prohibited in a mall?
If you really want to let them know how you feel about this, boycott. Nothing drives the point home like taking money out of their pockets. Spread the word not to buy anything there until they get their heads out of their a$ $es.
Sorry, Harddriver, but it's not about terrorism. It's about pedophiles and children being kidnapped. And, in my opinion, it's about paranoia. You know, the type of gut-wrenching fear that liberals want people to feel.
How does an incident in a shopping mall morph into a discussion of the Patriot Act? The mall is a private company. No one has to shop there so not allowing photographs has nothing to do with our constitutional rights.
Um, a bit paranoid, are we? I wouldn't say this signifies any impending doom of our country, so much as it signifies that the mall employees in question are dicks... But, um, feel free to spazz as you see fit...
If you read some of the comment from the article, folk have stated that the policy is not stated anywhere in the mall and plenty of other folk have taken pictures there all the time. Why were these grandparents selectively targeted and if a mall rent a cop ever put his hands on me I would sue the (*)(*)(*)(*) out of his $10/hr butt and the mall. Mall cop have no police powers.
People are afraid of everything. Gramps might be a pedophile, you know. These days you can't even film your childs end of year school concert without being accused of being a pedophile.
Because you may inadvertently take a picture, or God forbid a movie, of a police officer abusing his position, which they never do, unless caught on camera.
why would the mall be tripping over picture taking in it? i do sometimes when im shopping and take a pic of a product and send it to the lady to see if she likes the product, ive never been bothered about that before lol. i wonder where their policy came from, kinda weird.
No photography policies in malls have nothing to do with terrorism or protecting children. They are 100% about keeping competitors from taking pictures and stealing ideas. I'm not saying it was handled correctly in this instance, but it's not about fear mongering or paranoia, it's about $ and competition.
The mall is a business and they have a right to set rules and policies, etc. If you don't like their policy, shop elsewhere; thats what i'd do. I do think that the policy is rather extreme, but its their business and if they want to turn off people from coming to the Mall, its their right.
