him like one undermines faith in the law; it's a wildly over the top, authoritarian response to the current situation. This absurd judgement is enough to make me want to blow up Robin Hood airport. By Alex Deane Quote: This is nothing but a complete failure of common sense and a total waste of our money. This country is being run by fools and policed by idiots! Quote: And he lost his job as well. Note that the conviction was delivered by "District Judge," a professional sitting alone, not by a bench of magistrates who would probably have given him a conditional discharge at worst if they hadn't already thrown the case out. This increase in professional DJs is another creeping threat to liberty. Happened at Blackpool station not long ago to some pensioners, they were photographing a brand new steam loco on it's first ever visit to NW england, they got apprehended not by police but private rail company plastic police, one of them videoed it and used it to start a case against Northern Rail for said laws relating to photography etc. Not a clue whats happened with it though. Another instance: i work for the fire service, we did a firefighting demo for the scouts and i invited the fire service chaplain to take some pics (he does all the photography stuff for the for service web site, http://www.fireflash-delta64.co.uk/welco\\... Anyway, he's CRB checked and all and came along to the event as planned, with permission from our