tennessean.com — Already prevalent in the U.K., Since Sept. 11, communities across America are increasingly turning to advanced digital video surveillance systems as anti-terrorism and crime-fighting tools. The town of Eagleville, Tenn. is but another. Are you comfortable with having your every public movement recorded? One think tank looks to find common ground.
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wallet55Dec 25, 2006
public is public. get over it. Anyone can point a cam, etc etc. Am I the only one who wonders why people care about a camera, but do not care about the attentions of real live people?
farticusDec 25, 2006
Yo! Check my moves!Just don't record my bowel movements.
Closed AccountDec 25, 2006
People asking this question deserve everything a facist state can give them. Stupid f*ckers.
craniumDec 26, 2006
@suspendedNot to Godwin the thread, but if you've ever wondered how certain people in a certain country allowed certain atrocities to occur, you've just answered your own question.
craniumDec 26, 2006
@freff"If by saying this you're trying to insinuate that Democrats are more likely to push Big Brother type legislation than Republicans were, then I'll just say, I'm not so sure about that Danno."Dude, it'll happen in the blue states first, just watch.
exploitDec 26, 2006
@kevxross : Then you belong to the 51% college graduates he just talked about.Now for your information H20 is the chemical formula for water.Congrats!! you just made it to the 49% group.
basictekDec 26, 2006
When a system gets abused by those in charge (corrupt) or those with those with the means to pay off those in charge (the privileged) it's rarely going to be public information unless they are caught. I personally wouldn't vote to give people the means to record everything and be able to use it against whoever whenever. Criminals will be disabling the system to commit crimes that's what criminals do. Meanwhile the average Joe's (working man) will be susceptible because they don't disable systems. I personally don't want to have to think about whether something I'm doing could be viewed as embarrassing, immoral,or illegal, and used against me at anytime. Imagine all the hypocrisy and blackmail that could occur. This is not what our society needs IMO.
rabidsquirrelogDec 26, 2006
I've got an incredibly insightful - and correct - answer to the question posed by the title of this post!Are you ready for it? Sitting down?Are you absolutely sure that you're ready to hear it? "No"
edmcguirkDec 26, 2006
I don't really care if anyone records what I do in public. The cost of technology guarantees that this kind of monitoring will happen because it will be too cheap not to. The problems come with what is done with that information. For starters you can bet that the information will be used for revenue generation. They will just nickel and dime us for every infraction. First it will be littering and then it will be for the marks your shoes left on the linoleum (of course they do collect fines for cleanup but somehow nobody ever cleans it up).Did you see Demolition Man? "Ding $5 for littering, Ding $5 for swearing, Ding, $5 for impoliteness..."Crime will move form recorded areas to unrecorded areas, so they will have to expand the recorded areas into private locations in the name of crime prevention. Of course the added benefit will be the penalties charged for minor infractions in these new areas.Not to even mention misuse by the people and bureaucracies who control the surveillance system.It would be best to forget about whether or not to expand surveillance but instead worry about putting limits on the collected information.