Badly lit, no depth of field, off to jail.

[poikilotrm]

Oh what a brave new world, that has such people in it!

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110 ... alue.shtml
Police Say They Can Detain Photographers If Their Photographs Have 'No Apparent Esthetic Value'

Apparently the police in Long Beach, California, have a policy that says if a police officer determines that a photographer is taking photos of something with "no apparent esthetic value," they can detain them. This revelation came after photographer Sander Roscoe Wolff was taking the following photo:



The police officer somehow determined that there couldn't be esthetic value there, and thus, the photographer had to be detained and checked out. The police are defending this policy, saying that while officers don't have any specific training in what qualifies as "apparent esthetic value," they will stop anyone photographing things they don't consider to be something a "regular tourist" would photograph. I actually have to go down to Long Beach next month for a speaking engagement, and I'm now tempted to take a bunch of photographs that have "no apparent esthetic value."

[GreyHammer]

Yea, that's probably a cover to protect the military bases from being photographed in Long Beach, and the officer didn't get the heads up.

[poikilotrm]

Taking pics of military bases isn't illegal.

[whiterussian1974]

Considering that what passes for 'art' in CA is considered a Fed crime in many other states, I hesitate to hazard a guess what IS acceptable 'artistic' value there.

What precisely IS 'fresh caustic'? Not freshly caustic, fresh-tastic, or caustically fresh.

Probably 'fresh caustic material'. But that doesn't sound nearly as funny.

[whiterussian1974]

Yea, that's probably a cover to protect the military bases from being photographed in Long Beach, and the officer didn't get the heads up.

The Office of Naval Investigation could detain and ? odd behavior near Mil bases. But local cops hardly have the training, even if they have a Masters of Fine Arts in French Impressionism, Baroque, or Modern Masters.

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[whiterussian1974]

After the latest weapon law went into effect California actually became the Utopia that was promised. There were no more shootings. armed robberies, assaults, domestic violence, burglaries, or rapes for police to respond to.

In this new Utopia there is no drunk driving, no exceeding the speed limit, everyone is cautious and courteous, and there are no car accidents.

I'm glad that CA finally passed Laws outlawing those "social faux pas." Rape, Murder and Arson are so Gauche.

Now that they've been made illegal, no criminals will POSSIBLY break them.

Hopefully now they will deal w the REAL crimes. Red wine w fish, mixing Plaid w Stripes, and all those tacky little flag pin thingies.

[Maser]

Wonder how much longer it will be before Fish & Game make all Pokemon GO players have to get hunting licenses.

[whiterussian1974]

Wonder how much longer it will be before Fish & Game make all Pokemon GO players have to get hunting licenses.

If Hillary gets in Office, the IRS will tax them as Earned Income.

Maybe even add a Trophy Tax. But will they accept BitCoin payments?
How will they valuate the Worth of each Monster? Do players score numeric points? Or is it just a set to complete? In that case, IRS will judge them by Top Marginal tax rate of 90%. Maybe charge International exchange surcharges, Excise tax, and require purchasing Obama-care for these Pekachu Monsters.Employment tax, payroll withholding, EEOC compliance for 'differently-abled' Monsters, special ramp access, Diversity Hiring Oversight, etc.

Now look what you started Maser.
Establishment of the Fed Dept of Picachu Affairs. Probably composed of disgraced TSA and VA burecrats. And of course, Union membership in a mandatory 'closed shop.' Will they get 'Dreamer status' and receive free Tuition, Housing, Subsistence, etc while being paid a Salery to seek advanced Degrees?

Thanks Socialism, Porous Borders, Banking Lobby.
(Also kinda scary how easily my mind can work to envision this scenario. )