To think people should stop taking photos

[Lexijayde44]

I'm not saying there are not some idiots hanging about in groups being stupid. By all means they deserve the police dining them etc etc. What I'm not comfortable with is locals taking pictures of other locals and putting them on Facebook page to tell the other locals what they are doing.

New rules do say you can sit on a bench for a quick rest. Theres no crime eating something whilst outdoors etc.

A family two parents and three kids were sat on a picnic table. nowhere near anyone. The kids were eating crisps. Someone photographed them. Put them on Facebook. They are now getting called all the names!

Firstly are we allowed to take pictures of other peoples kids now? I find it weird and inappropriate.

Secondly is it ok to throw People to the lions on Facebook?

Thirdly who are we to judge without facts? There is no crime in a five minute stop on a long walk. You can have a snack on you. How does anyone know the ins and outs of a person's health? I take snacks out with me because when my blood sugar levels drop I feel awful pretty quickly. I'm anemic and my energy is really poor.

I've seen people taking photos of so many different things in this crises. If you would t like someone taking pictures of your family and especially your children I would like to think you wouldnt do it to someone else!

presumably the police won't be snap happy and publish photos of families who live together, though, or people taking their kids out twice in a day because they're active young kids

@Brefugee - here only one person per household allowed out once every three days for essential shopping only and must have a police granted permit - so any families / children in public are definitely breaking the law! The rules for us are very clear and there is no misunderstanding except for the very hard of thinking!

We need to give people the benefit of the doubt. Ok, people shouldn't be driving for hours to visit a park, but if you see someone getting out of a car at the park, just assume they live close by and there's a good reason why they couldn't walk. Maybe they have mobility issues.

Likewise, people shouldn't be sitting for hours on a bench, but if you see someone on a bench, assume they may have needed to sit down because of pain or breathlessness. I had a terrible pain in my leg while out walking yesterday and was physically unable to carry on walking, so I sat on a bench for a few minutes. If the people walking by wanted to get het up and frothy and raise their blood pressure over it, that's up to them. I'm sure it isn't mentally or physically healthy to get so worked up over such things. Most of time, the rules as set out in the coronavirus legislation aren't actually being broken anyway.

gosh @ElaineMarieBenes those are very tough conditions.

Here they're relaxing them a bit. Hairdressers will be allowed to open on Monday and apparently it's almost impossible to get an appointment until July!

Think it’s 50/50. There’d be nothing to photograph if people didn’t stop for food.

Not sure why they do, you don’t take a snack to an exercise class or PE and people should be able to mage without food for a few hours.

@IceCreamAndCandyfloss
There are reasons why somebody might need to stop for food, such a low blood sugar or diabetes. As I said in my comment, we should give people the benefit of the doubt, because it's the decent thing to do. Taking photographs of someone committing a peccadillo and spreading them online is a nasty, repulsive thing to do and I'm horrified that it's being normalised. There's also no law against stopping to eat, so whether you think people should or not is irrelevant. The police have been advised not to intervene if people stop to eat.

Wales have different rules to the rest of you and we are a bit stricter. We are only allowed to leave the house once a day now and not allowed to exercise then go to a shop for food. Also not allowed to drive a short distance to exercise

However a new rule stated that a disabled person can travel in a car a short distance for exercise which is brilliant

My dd has autism and is really struggling at the moment so we drove 3 miles away to a local country park and walked her round there and did us all the world of good. I was terrified that we would be named and shamed though..I did take her diagnoses letter with us.

I hate all this naming and shaming. One person I know was reported for leaving the house twice a day as he wasnt a key worker. But his non essential factory remains open and he was working a split shift that day.

"Wales have different rules to the rest of you and we are a bit stricter. We are only allowed to leave the house once a day now and not allowed to exercise then go to a shop for food. Also not allowed to drive a short distance to exercise"

Have a read of them again. You can only go out for exercise once a day...but you can also go to the shops that same day and even do another trip to the bank. It is exercise that the once a day rule applies to. And yes, if you have a medical reason for going out twice for exercise, you can.

It does say that you cant go and exercise and then go to the shop when you exercise. I'll find the link somewhere..not good at them

It does say here that you cant exercise then go to the shop on the same trip. That's what I meant

Ah sorry I think you're right. I was going on the daily post online paper and just checked the official guidelines

If you are in a public space, legally anyone can take a photo of you and no, they don’t need your permission regardless of age.

Whilst I'm aware this is the case, it's incredibly inappropriate to take pictures of children who are not yours and post in a public forum, you have no idea the ramifications of your actions. Some friends of mine adopted two children who cannot allow their children to be publicly photographed for the children's safety and protection as there are certain people who are not permitted to know where these children reside....usually these Facebook groups have the name of the town/village in the group name. It has the potential to be so dangerous, whatever your thoughts on how people are conducting themselves during this lockdown pictures of children who aren't yours on public social media profiles is a massive no in my opinion

'It does say here that you cant exercise then go to the shop on the same trip. That's what I meant"
No it doesnt it says you can combine a walk and shopping. You cant combine a walk and a picnic. It also doesnt say you cant go out twice. So you can go for a walk, and then later, do your shopping. You just cant exercise twice.

@Mulhollandmagoo I totally 100% agree!
Same goes for some adults who are escaping DV.
Nobody knows anyone's story just because you can does not mean you should imo
It does not make it okay.