Based on your description, I probably would have lost it and reversed into the
bitch.
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On Nov 14, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Pervert or proud father?
> Kendall Langston is a Christchurch dad; a proud one.
>
> Friday on Campbell Live
> How does a father photographing his daughter playing netball get labelled a
> criminal? How would you feel if the police were called and your car
> blockaded by vigilantes?
>
> http://wa2.www.3news.co.nz/Portals/0/AM/2010/11/12/186075/netball.jpg?wi
> dth=90;pv097dec0703a82d16
>
> Video at
> http://wa2.www.3news.co.nz/portals/0/images/site/sm_video.gif;pv13e2263f
> 5a299ecc
>
> I *very* seldom watch TV, but I did watch this one on Friday night.
>
> Netball is the female version of basketball, and is very popular in New
> Zealand.
> This Dad, Kendall Langston, has a 10-years old daughter with whom he
> spends a fair bit of time and encourages at sport/netball. He is a very solid
> guy, and company senior staffer, and ex?? Police/Army.
>
> He came along to his daughter's game at a stadium in Christchurch. She is
> goal-shoot, so it was easy to get close to her game and he took 3 photos
> with a little Fuji camera. Next minute he was being accosted by a very
> agitated forceful woman. I don't remember all she did at ring-side, but she
> told him that stadium rules are that no photographs may be taken of players
> without prior (a) stadium approval (b) player approval (c) parent/guardian
> approval. He was unaware of all this. She may have asked for the images
> to be deleted; I don't remember.
>
> After the game was over, he and his daughter went to their car to go home,
> and there was the same woman noting his licence plate number and who
> stood behind his car to prevent him reversing out and going home. From
> what I have read there could also have been a posse of other women
> accosting him. Soon the police were there, and wanted to see the images; I
> don't remember all that the police were reported as saying or doing, but on
> chimping the images were happy with all but one which had a little of
> another player, and recommended he crop that bit out. He deleted the
> frame. The police released him to go home, commenting that he ought to
> put some air in his rear tyre. I suppose one of the female vigilantes had let
> air out.
>
> I note at this point that there have been occasions when guys have been
> discovered taking "up-skirt" photos of netball players. The players do wear
> very short skirts.
>
> He was upset all weekend over this unpleasant and disturbing chain of
> events, and eventually it got onto Campbell Live which is a popular 7pm
> show.
>
> Feedback to Campbell after the show was very supportive of the father
> including by women viewers, one of whom asked what would have
> happened if a woman mother of a young rugby player was seen taking
> photos of her son at a rugby game?
>
> I haven't tried viewing the TV video link but some of you with faster online
> access than I have might want to take a peep.
>
> I have to say I find the whole thing distasteful, and I'm glad it wasn't me
> as
> the father as I might have *lost it*. He did keep his cool very well, I
> thought.
>
> Brian Swale.
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