In the previous post, I wrote: “Then too, I’m just a little uncomfortable taking photos of the actual events, especially if they involve vehicles or people’s houses.”

To amplify a little, I’m really not sure where to draw a line, so I err on the side of making a mistake ( to commit an historic misspeak by the blessed(ly forgotten) Virginia Trotter of long ago UGA fame).

And in this circumstance it probably would have been ok to have photographed the burning house, which was spectacular in its intensity. It was unoccupied and I don’t even know if it is owned by anyone with sentimental attachment.

But there’s also the example thing - take out a cell phone and take a photo or record a video and it encourages others to do so, perhaps under circumstances that really are not appropriate. Look at me - yesterday’s photos were prompted by watching someone else with their cell phone.

Here’s such a circumstance that I would not like to emulate. Ok, it’s a joke, from fail blog, and I think it’s a very funny setup. I actually know people like this, though I’ve never seen a firefighter do this, and I don’t do so much as even play bridge with such people. Especially bridge. The setup photo is funny enough to hit all but the most block headed that there are situations where vanity photos aren’t just self revealing in an embarrassingly bad but harmless way.

Look at the glasses. The *dude* is not just having a picture taken of him, he’s taking it of himself. This is like what you put on craigslist personals lol: