Posted on 11/02/2009 10:31:56 AM PST by EveningStar
...Today, let’s talk cameras.
Cameras on utility polls. Cameras on the corners of buildings. Cameras following you as you walk through town, a college campus, or your own neighborhood.
Upset?
Seems quite a few Atlantans are...
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
Big Brother wants to know what we’re up to.
I agree.
I don’t know which is more difficult to get my brain around: Boortz agreeing with cameras or writing for the AJC.
Sheesh !!!! And I thought this was an attempt bout somebody with a new ‘CANNON SURE SHOT’ against somebody???? LOL...
Nope, he who gives up a right to gain safety will wind up with neither.
The government doesn’t own all public space. The public does.
I don’t give up my privacy by walking out my front door. That’s just a big fat lie used by totalitarians to support totalitarian ideology.
England is the most surveilled country in the world and crime is rampant.
Police have essentially evolved into “responders after the fact” and providers of “obedience training” for law abiding citizens.
Trust me - these cameras will be used more for tax enforcement and smoking violations than preventing rapes and muggings.
They are a natural result of our willingness to lie without reservation.
Ping.
The cameras don't prevent crime or keep Americans safe from Al Queda. They are another assault on our inalienable rights. It's just a reminder that, whatever you do, big brother government is watching.
There are more than 1,000,000 cameras in London. Do they work? 1 crime solved for each 1,000 cameras
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