Comments on: the poison in the human machine http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/ postcards of the hanging Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: petescully http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-258 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:49:18 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-258 I know, I always love seeing people out sketching the world. I should have asked to see an ID. OH there’s all sorts of things I should have said but yes, losing battle, glad I didn’t bother.

]]> By: bluebicicletta http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-255 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:42:47 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-255 That’s so ridiculous! To be honest, I’d like to see more people sketching on park benches! Kudos to you for staying put and not letting her drive you out.

]]> By: Marci http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-253 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:12:13 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-253 I guess you could have asked her for ID or taken a “who wants to know?”
response, but it would have been a losing battle anyway. Another self-appointed
guardian of the public welfare, another offshoot of our media and Washington-
driven fear & trembling popular culture.

]]> By: petescully http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-242 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:07:52 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-242 Thank you all for your kind comments. Kay: sorry to hear that, that’s really sad, and ironic too, since most of the UK seems to be under permanent camera surveillance these days. You certainly shouldn’t be made to feel uncomfortable taking pictures on that most picture-worthy of things, a summer beach.

]]> By: Anita Davies http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-241 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:21:51 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-241 It is indeed a sad world…made so by impolite, ignorant people such as the one you encountered today.
You’ve done nothing wrong Pete, don’t allow her to make you feel as though you have. :)

]]> By: Kay Susan http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-240 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:51:33 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-240 Oh Pete! I was on our local beach with my husband the other week. There were lots of people on the beach, mostly family groups. I was taking photos of the general scene, because I wanted some reference photos, but my husband asked me to put the camera away because I might offend people who may think I was photographing their children! It wasn’t like him to think like that, so he must have seen someone looking ‘askance’ and wanted to avoid a confrontation. I felt really uncomfortable and we went home shortly afterwards.

]]> By: Peggy http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-239 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:39:57 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-239 What happened to you was wrong! But what would even be worse is if it caused you to quit drawing and sharing your wonderful sketches with those of us who are learning. Unknowing to you, you have inspired many, many days to keep drawing and to improve my skills. There will always be rude people in the world. Draw them too.

]]> By: joseph Tomlinson http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-238 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:05:10 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-238 Rude people who think they own evrything around them and can control other people’s actions just piss me off too. I usually feel like I have to defend myself while I’m sketching in public. Like we are doing something wrong or we’re freaks because we carry a sketchbook.

]]> By: petescully http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-235 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:06:56 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-235 cheers for your comments. i keep thinking of things i should have said back to her now, but i’m also glad i didn’t bother arguing. It just seems mental to me, I mean how could I even draw kids from that distance? I don’t think the telephoto moleskine sketchbook has been invented yet.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://petescully.com/2008/08/14/the-poison-in-the-human-machine/#comment-233 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:45:52 +0000 http://petescully.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-233 Infuriating.

But you absolutely cover it with the line….
“The “you can’t be too careful” argument does not fit with this sort of “everyone’s a danger, I don’t care who I offend” attitude.”

I know someone who has been verbally attacked for saying hello to a small child on the Tube in London. What kind of message does that pass on to the child?
Infuriating, small-minded, insulting, damaging. And infectious. (Oh, how I love the media).

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