I, for one, do not. I already think we have enough “Big Brother” action going on. I can’t recall exactly where I read it, but there is some type of push to filter the entire Internet. Some also argue that net-neutrality is s detriment to security.

I also have to wonder what all of this will cost. Do we not spend enough already on law enforcement? Will a nationwide network of cameras actually help? Furthermore, who is going to be trusted to monitor all of these cameras? I would rather take my chances on my own.

[...] Speaking of privacy… read an interesting article over on Lockergnome which stated: By a significant majority, Americans want to have the security of surveillance cameras: “…Given the chief arguments, pro and con — a way to help solve crimes vs. too much of a government intrusion on privacy — it isn’t close: 71 percent of Americans favor the increased use of surveillance cameras, while 25 percent oppose it.” [...]

From what I have read, these cameras have not caused any changes in crime rates over in Europe, and there is no basis to have them under this pretext. Statistics can be slanted; it is possible that they are just saying Americans want this by a majority, as an excuse to install more cameras. They are on almost all of our major streets here in Seattle…I find it just creepy.

Just goes to show how dumb we are in Amerika!

No one ever wants to be honest about the numbers that Wash. D.C. has the highest gun violence in the USA yet the clowns want more laws….like that’ll help. More cameras will not change human behavior.

Bleeding heart liberals that refuse to hold the Dr. Spock self esteem generation accountable are one of the many root causes of our despicable behavior, as a nation. More cameras is a national Valium that makes one feel good but does squat in reality.

When we get into check point Charlie and they ask “papers please” , I’ll bet the majority will be clueless to the parallels of the nation that had that short guy with the funny mustache….sigh……we are so dumb…..

I, for one, do not believe the official stats re 71% of Americans want security cameras. 71% of Americans have NEVER AGREED ON ANYTHING!

Before even the first camera is installed I do hope someone in charge has enough brains to (1) DEFINE WHAT EXACTLY IS EXPECTED BY HAVING THEM and (2) EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT’S WHAT YOU’LL GET. I don’t believe either will happen. There’s just too much money to be made installing, maintaining and monitoring Big Brother’s Snoop TV banks. That they’re USELESS will quickly become irrelevant.

As for me… I keep one step ahead of the Storm Troopers going ‘way back to when they first installed parking meters on Main Street. I simply stopped shopping on Main Street. When they hiked property and water taxes so high I’d need another job just to pay them… I MOVED to the country, dug my own well and now pay only a token property tax.

When cable first appeared it cost $18/month. Last month they hiked our charges (including HS Internet) to $114/month. So… we cancelled both. We’ll take dial up for email, and read books and go for hikes for entertainment. The almost $100/month increase brought us nothing but LOADS OF CRAP, faster.

This society is going down the corporate tubes at a record pace. Please count me out of it.

Welcome to the United States of Big Brother

Thanks to the wimpy Democrats and the King’s loyal party of hacks, you no longer have the right to privacy. Following the lead of the kowtowing Senate, the House has now passed the Bush backed spy bill that affectively nullifies the civil liberties protections once ensured by FISA. Say goodbye to the Fourth Amendment while your at it. Sadly, we have become prisoners of our own fear. President Bush now has the authority to spy on whomever he wishes, without a warrant or any type of judicial review. And he doesn’t even have to prove that person is in any way connected to terrorism. Merely by his word (or rather the word of his obedient lackey, Alberto Gonzales), that person can be spied on indefinitely.

So remember that the next time you make a phone call, log on to the internet, send/receive email or post a diary of dissension to your blog. Because chances are the NSA is listening, reading and watching. Scary shit my friends.

Big Brother has arrived folks. This great country has always been based on guaranteed privacy, individual freedom of thought and expression, now it is under repressive control. Does this anger you or do you accept it because the government has scared you into believing that it is keeping you save from the bogeyman? The power to act, speak or think without externally imposed restraints is no longer a guaranteed right. Think about what has been lost. The Constitution of the United States has been reduced to nothing more than a bunch of meaningless words.

Welcome to Orwell’s 1984, “War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength.”

Here we go again. They say privacy but mean anarchy.

There is no privacy on the public street.

I bet it’s the PBA behind all of these privacy arguments. More cameras means less need for dues paying members out on patrol.

Everybody wants technology, but nobody wants it pointed at them! Oh well… Too bad! I, personally, don’t like that everyone is out to catch a news story on their cell phones. But I’m AT LEAST smart enough to EXPECT it! JEESH! Have toy; will play! You’d expect anything less from the government? PUH-LEEESE!!

Grow up, and enjoy the show! It’ll be over soon enough.

Assuming the numbers are correct, it’s no real surprise. We are so ignorant as a society it’s laughable (if we weren’t so busy crying).

Which curve is it that states in 100 people, you’ll have 5 geniuses, 20 bright folks, and 75 proles? You just heard from the proles.

War is peace!
Protect ze Muzzaland!
Homeland Zecurity iz Paramount!

As if becoming a surveillance society will have ANY positive effects…

P.S. What do you suppose would happen if 70% came out in favor of slavery?