you notice that there's a red light camera at pretty much every intersection now. So when that light by the convention center gets stuck on red at 3AM now, I guess we'll have to back up....
(for those not familiar, this particular light is not at an intersection, it's to let conventioneers across the street....so there is no place to go if it gets stuck) On 2/27/07, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228972 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
