On 2/27/07, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .... > Whenever a cop is around though, people steer clear of the > access zones like the plague. Hmmm ....
This is what bugs me about "red light cameras" and their ilk. To sorta borrow a quote, rather poorly: "If I'm out there at 5am, running a light, that cop better damn well be out there too, eating a donut and sipping coffee, freezing his ass off just like me" The dude in uniform prevents quite a bit of crime, just by being there. Doesn't even have to be really doing anything. Yet here we are, letting unfeeling machines take their place- I'd rather have the warm body, even hundreds of warm bodies, if that's what it takes, vs. the machine. We've bred privacy, and how great and important it is, right out of the population. It won't be long till we have more cameras watching us than the English do! They just had a 2 second blip on the local news last night: Police have installed more "eyes in the skies" around town lately to catch graffiti artists and vandals. 2 seconds, under the breath--- I mean, why did it chill me so much? How come that's all it warrants? I don't want a watched society!!! Really I don't!!! We need a law against that-- oh, what's that bit of paper over there, collecting dust? Eh, not flashy enough, never mind. Now what were we talking of? LOL *sigh* giggle *sigh* *cough* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
