yet whenever people get stopped by security they will whip out the "this is a public place, i have my rights to shoot" mentality.
this is merely a long-drawn end-consequence of that mentality, extended far beyond the limits of reason. sometimes the security people are just trying to carry out their duties. i have never been nasty to security personnel unless they were unnecessarily unreasonable, e.g. walking OUT of a building to stop me from shooting what was not a sensitive location.
the selfishness of photographers can sometimes know no limits. certain locations which were once publicly accessible have been closed up because of irresponsible actions and the desire to gain popularity by sharing "cool locations". in getting the shot, sometimes people stoop to unorthodox means and change the behaviour of their subject, sometimes this could lead to imbalances in the ecological system. best of all, all these people are sometimes the very same people who go around shouting "conservation!".
it has always been my opinion that in clubsnap, a PHOTOGRAPHIC community, we must always look at our own actions. be it good behaviour in model photography, nature photography, or event photography, like it or not, one person's actions are taken to represent the whole community. some actions have extremely long-lasting effects. sadly, not many people will bother to view things from this angle.