Permission Denied

[marcomo]

Well said as always, Tom.

We see completely eye to eye on not asking permission to detect public property.

I'll only slightly disagree with you about the opinion you shared a while back about the rash of detecting shows on cable now. I do agree that it isn't the "chicken little, the sky is falling" scenario that some here are painting it. On the other hand, you'd have to be a pollyanna not to think that there won't be some negative repercussions from what these buffoons are putting on TV and representing as our hobby.

Also disagree on detecting public property being just like nose picking...nobody ever asks permission to dig for that gold in public!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Hi marcomo. Thanx for the support of this stance of looking up rules for oneself (as opposed to making yourself the target of arbitray senseless 'no's, simply because you asked).

As for the TV show thing, perhaps I was clinging to the "other extreme" to have downplayed any and all ill-effects of that. I think the reason I down-played it so much on those threads, was this very fear that I was already seeing people jump into: The fear that these TV shows now mean we all need to run down to our nearest city and county halls, pre-emptively seeking permits, sanctions, permission, love, etc....

This is, afterall, what happens when ANY "scary stories" get circulated on the net (bootings, future un-knowns, etc...): skittish people read them instinctively think "oh no, what if something happens, I better go check just to be sure". And then sure as h*ck, that becomes the self-fulfilling cycle, of the very lime-light and attention that they ironically DIDN'T want, to begin with.

So when I saw those scary stories start (the TV show in this particular case), I guess I instinctively grabbed for the other extreme that nothing will become of it, so as to hopefully stop the skittish from pre-emptively thinking we need to start talking to every mayor about permits. And in doing so, I admittedly left the impression that absolutely zero would become of the TV shows. Sure, something might, but let's not make it worse, by running around making ourselves an even bigger bullseye, for persons who perhaps DIDN'T watch the show.