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Thats a good candidate for a closed fist falling at non-walking speeds at somebody's ugly face. Do that around my kids and you are automatically a pedo that will get adequate treatment.

Also, where I live its against the law to record people without their consent so if I would be feeling very nice I would just hold you against the ground till cops come.

You wear them = you film with them. Get your shit together kids, this ain't some harmless fun.

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Seems likely that the cops would take action against you for assault more than filming

> Also, where I live its against the law to record people without their consent

In public? How does this work in practice? There are so many uses for cameras and avoiding showing people would be impossible.

Eg dash cams, security cameras.

Wikipedia has a starting point if you’re interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography_and_the_law

It seems to mostly just be a problem if you’re caught (aka if you’re being obnoxious or using a tripod) or if you try to use the subsequent footage for anything other than private viewing.

In many places you’re allowed to take wide shots where people might be captured incidentally, though not everywhere, as some places don’t allow photos of “copyrighted” buildings and landmarks.

Watch any Japanese news broadcast. The blurring can get out of control.

It’s one thing to make a passionate speech on the internet. It is another thing to be charged with battery and assault.

I mean technically if you do it for no reason (it not actually recording), they have no video evidence, and if they did actually record and use it as evidence, well, it shows you were in the right. Not sure what punishment is for creeping on someone's kid vs getting a slap in the face tho

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