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monster · 04-04-2007, 10:15 PM

OK, so what is the issue with CCTV? How exactly does it encroach on your personal freedom? It's not in your home (a la 1984), it's in the streets. In the areas where you would like to be able to walk freely without fear of attack. In the areas where you would like proof that the dickheed who ran the red and wrote off your car was at fault.

Would you rather get a warning or a fine for littering? What is the problem? Do you like to litter?

As long as the cameras aren't in my private space, I have no problem. How is it any more of an infringement of my personal liberties than it is when someone throws trash from their car that interacts with mine? Would I rather have the freedom to solicit for sex without the watchful eye of the state on me, or the freedom to walk home at night by myself safe in the knowledge that no-one will rape me because it's recorded?

04-04-2007, 10:15 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OK, so what is the issue with CCTV? How exactly does it encroach on your personal freedom? It's not in your home (a la 1984), it's in the streets. In the areas where you would like to be able to walk freely without fear of attack. In the areas where you would like proof that the dickheed who ran the red and wrote off your car was at fault. Would you rather get a warning or a fine for littering? What is the problem? Do you like to litter? As long as the cameras aren't in my private space, I have no problem. How is it any more of an infringement of my personal liberties than it is when someone throws trash from their car that interacts with mine? Would I rather have the freedom to solicit for sex without the watchful eye of the state on me, or the freedom to walk home at night by myself safe in the knowledge that no-one will rape me because it's recorded? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart