Brighton Evening Argus
Parent banned from taking a picture of his child in Park
Following the police questioning of Glagow resident Chris White for taking a picture of his child in a shopping centre, a Brighton man has been questioned by police for taking a picture of his child in a park.
As well as having the fear of God put into him, the man was perplexed as to why another adult would treat this as suspicious. The Glasgow man was stopped on the pretext of breaching anti-terror laws.
Our Brighton based group has been part of a campaign to make the banning of photography a thing of the past. We see banning this type of ban as an important step forward.
Intergenerational relationships, the most fundamental in our society are continually poisoned by this type of intervention on the part of the state and it's quasi-proxies. What is worse is the state encouraging the worst kind of behaviour in adults. That of snitching on people going about their day to day lives. In what appears to be a harmless attempt to create a risk free environment for children, we forfeit our ability to engage or discipline them. Without this ability the relationship with our children is severly compromised
The police are right to point out the threat they face from the erosion of adult authority, compounded by the summer riots. Banning parents from taking pictures of their children is a direct threat to adult authority as well as individual autonomy.
Dan Travis
Tel: 02071931717 Mobile: 07582226379
