It's not really that pointless
Without it written down on paper then the police will make their own assumptions about the vague terminology before. Also this law is aim at terrorist and protecting everyone else who is not a terrorist. In other words a tourist taking pictures of a policeman is ok, but a member of the IRA taking pictures of a policeman for recon purposes is not good.
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bobzarkoff, Tue 3 Feb 2009, 2:01,
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