space junk wrote:I'd like to hear someone explain exactly what it is they object to about the cameras, other than a) they "don't like" being filmed, b) it is totally "Orwellian" or c) erm...they just don't like being filmed.
What - exactly - are you scared of? I find their presence unpleasant, and I don't like being filmed one bit, by anybody. So I get filmed in public. So some creep I don't know watches me. So someone has footage of me. What the fuck are they going to do with it which could be so harmful to me?
I really don't give too much of a fuck about surveillance cameras.
Saying that the picture quality and framerate of these cameras is unthreatening will not stand the test of time. Getting incredibly high-quality cameras which store data efficiently and are unbelievably (now) inexpensive is something that is practically on our doorstep. I'm not talking about 50 years, I'm talking under 20. I don't need to provide a source for this. Watch the trends.
The ominous thing about these cameras is that we DON'T KNOW what they might be used for outside of their supposed functions.
Rick Rueben, you confuse and scare the fucking hell out of me, but you also have opened my eyes to the shadowy world of the unknown, especially regarding POWER RELATIONSHIPS (thank you ?).
A rule:
do not give up any part of yourself that someone wishes to take without permission.
Even if you don't understand how it could be harmful, even if you don't understand how it helps you, even if you never REALIZED you possessed this thing until something conspires to take it from you, fucking hold onto it.
This thread should just be named Crap/NC: Trust
I'd vote CRAP. WF 9.11 (infinity)
Madness waits for some. It creeps up on others.