[Talk-in] OSM Local Chapters are coming. Looking for feedback.

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Tuesday 16 Dec 2008 1:12:05 pm Tanveer Singh wrote:
> > police force doesnt - idiot press reporters write rubbish. ATS can
> > arrest, but the rest is in the hands of the judiciary. Gujarat is more or
> > less under fascist rule, but the moment this is taken up to the supreme
> > court, they will get off.
>
> Did anybody care to read the full reports?
> More than the GPS, it was the photographs of Military Airbase that
> attracted attention. That is a restricted area with "Photography
> prohibited" prominently posted.

those notices are over 50 years old! Valid in the days before satellites. I am 
sure Pakistan has inch accurate satellite photos of every military base of 
ours, and we of theirs. There are a lot of archaic laws in the books - like 
it is still illegal to generate electricity without a license! Or to take a 
phone instrument into another room. Or, for that matter, use a modem without 
a license

> I think some silly reporter latched on to GPS thingy and this got
> blown out of proportion. However to be on the safe side, its indeed
> prudent to be careful. The police of this country is corrupt, and
> every cop will try to extract money from you one way or the other

well so far, I have been lucky - every security guy who has bumped into my bag 
full of gps units has let me by without question. But I suppose this will not 
last. 



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