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[Oracle]

The TRNC is another country whether its recognized or not you have to obey by its rules when you visit just as we do when we visit the south, its has plenty of warning signs not to take pictures otherwise you will be arrested they did not heed the warnings and therefore paid the price.

But you disobey the rules about stealing when visiting the south! You steal the property of GCs. You steal the health services of GCs. You steal the imports of GCs.

You are thieves. Why does it bother you if someone "steals" a photo?

Trying to act big, huh?

[paliometoxo]

The TRNC is another country whether its recognized or not you have to obey by its rules when you visit just as we do when we visit the south, its has plenty of warning signs not to take pictures otherwise you will be arrested they did not heed the warnings and therefore paid the price.

i can understand that vp its the rules but i was wondering why they care.. its a picture not heroin...

[Viewpoint]

The TRNC is another country whether its recognized or not you have to obey by its rules when you visit just as we do when we visit the south, its has plenty of warning signs not to take pictures otherwise you will be arrested they did not heed the warnings and therefore paid the price.

i can understand that vp its the rules but i was wondering why they care.. its a picture not heroin...

Its the same all over the world something to do with security.

[Gasman]

There are plenty of 'NO PHOTOGRAPHY' signs in the RoC too.

There are shopping malls in the UK where you are not allowed to take photographs inside.

And if you get out your camera in the Jewellery District of downtown L.A., the security guards pull their guns!

[kurupetos]

There are plenty of 'NO PHOTOGRAPHY' signs in the RoC too.

There are shopping malls in the UK where you are not allowed to take photographs inside.

And if you get out your camera in the Jewellery District of downtown L.A., the security guards pull their guns!

Can you list any places, except "trnc", where someone will be arrested for photographing his home?

[Nikitas]

Kurupete,

It all depends on whether the photographer has an American passport or not.

[paliometoxo]

There are plenty of 'NO PHOTOGRAPHY' signs in the RoC too.

There are shopping malls in the UK where you are not allowed to take photographs inside.

And if you get out your camera in the Jewellery District of downtown L.A., the security guards pull their guns!

yes they do in the roc just at the borders they have the same signs i imagine they would say something also, but what security risk is it taking pictures of your home land???? why do gc and tc army care if you take pictures of those areas in cyprus.. is what i was wondering. not just the tc side but also gc side. there is no security risk in taking pictures of those areas... what am i going to invade? lol

[vaughanwilliams]

VP,

Spare us the nationalist lecture. Two dudes, father and son, both taking pics, both arrested, the one with the USA passport was released, the one with the Cypriot passport fined. The story says the TRNC is a bullshit regime that would not dare touch an American. Law or no laws, when there is a lack of cojones your state becomes a redicolo.

A bit like your bullshit regime who let a Russian spy walk away, except it wasn't 'cos you were scared of his nationality, just scared of what he might say in court.
It's called politics - some folks count, some folks don't. Looks like Americans do and GCs don't.

[Nikitas]

VW,

You are out of tune with events yet again. The two arrested, in case you have not heard, were father and son. Both were caught doing the same precise thing: photographing their home in a deserted town. If the TRNC was a serious entity it would have let both go with a warning or fined both. But there is that small detail of US citizenship and lack of cojones.

And had Cyprus kept the spy in jail what would have been the result, as things turned out? Let him go as part of the total swap deal which the Americans and the Russians worked out. Or should Cyprus have been the exception and tried him on its own for money laundering? In case you have not heard, the USA has unilaterally stopped all legal proceedings and dropped all charges against ALL the defendants in this case, ergo there would have been no case for him to answer in any court, since all charges emanated from the US charge sheet. It seems that Cyprus did the "right" thing, obviously not entirely on its own.

[Gasman]

yes they do in the roc just at the borders they have the same signs

Not just at the borders (ooh! look! you said 'borders'!)

In and around every military premises or land in RoC (and there are plenty of them). Like at the end of the road where I live. Even though the army camp there has not been used for a few years now.

And I can think of places where you'd get in trouble for photographing your home in the RoC.

If I were to walk over to the army camp that IS being used, and turn my back to it to photograph my home, I would be in breach of the sign.

If I were to walk behind my neice's school on the way to Troodos and take a photograph of her school - I'd be standing in a road that bears the NO PHOTOGRAPHY signs all along it.

If you are saying that, in the RoC, even tho' they say it, they don't MEAN no photography - why do they put the signs up everywhere? They look just as hostile and warning as when seen anywhere else.