Reply #10: I absolutely do not doubt your sincerity, or your concern, but I must ask [View All]

a couple of questions. How do you know these people were "middle eastern"? Did you hear them speaking Arabic, Farsi, etc? Were they wearing pocket badges saying "I am from the Middle East"?

And did you consider the very real possibility they were simply tourists? Taking pictures is something tourists have been known to do, unless they are Japanese in which case they ALL do. (That's a little joke originally related to me by one of my very dear Japanese friends on one of my visits there)

But your concern about "key landmarks" is a little puzzling...it seemss that those would obviously be a subject for photography...who would waste film or pixels on a shirt factory (if there are any left...)?

When I go to NYC or Washington, I take pictures of "landmarks", not barber shops. The Statue of Liberty is interesting, a warehouse isn't.
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