Eyes in the sky

Orwellian. "Anyone who goes inside a business these days probably is being videotaped." Well, that's PRIVATE PROPERTY! They can do what they want with it (most of the time). But, cameras on PUBLIC property, that's double plus good(I'm being facetious)! That's a police state. And don't give me the tired argument of:"Well, if you have nothing to hide then you shouldn't worry about it." Sorry, I like living in th USA, not Oceania, Red China, or Cuba. Next thing you know they'll want microphones and loud speakers along with their cameras. Wake up people! We're not the criminals that need to be watch and scrutinized. It's our big brother, father and mother that think we need to be coddled and corrected at every turn.

Orwellian. "Anyone who goes inside a business these days probably is being videotaped." Well, that's PRIVATE PROPERTY! They can do what they want with it (most of the time). But, cameras on PUBLIC property, that's double plus good(I'm being facetious)! That's a police state. And don't give me the tired argument of:"Well, if you have nothing to hide then you shouldn't worry about it." Sorry, I like living in th USA, not Oceania, Red China, or Cuba. Next thing you know they'll want microphones and loud speakers along with their cameras. Wake up people! We're not the criminals that need to be watch and scrutinized. It's our big brother, father and mother that think we need to be coddled and corrected at every turn.

If you're not doing anyting wrong, then cameras shouldn't bother you. Every store and bank you go into, there are cameras. Why? To help protect the business, not to watch whether you are picking your nose or not. If cameras can catch the act of people breaking the law, then it's a good thing. If you are worried about people watching you every second then obviously you have something to hide.

Wildnsyko, you missed the point entirely. It is the principle. It saddens me deeply to see this, once freedom loving, country turn into society of wimps and cowards willing to throw away everything my fathers fought and died for just for a little false sense of security and safety. I have nothing to hide, but I value freedom, and this is not what freedom is by far. Would you be willing to have a camera on every street corner? Would you be willing to have one in your home? Because that's where we are headed. This is just the beginning.

I don't see how cameras are a false sense of security. It seems today that there is a lot more crime than there was 20 years ago. So, you're saying that if you got beat up and mugged and there was no one else around, it wouldn't bother you? What if a camera caught the incident and the police were able to use that and catch the person and put them in jail. Would you be in favor of the cameras then? We moved here from a bigger city where a person is shot or assualted on a daily basis and where there were cameras on alot of the corners in the heavily populated tourist area. Face recognition cameras, as a matter of fact. And what did they catch on those cameras? The face of one of those who was involved in 9/11. So you are against having an item that would protect you and your country? As far as eventually having cameras installed in every home? I doubt it. That's only shown on tv. Will it ever really happen? Not in my lifetime. Am I really concerned? No. I have nothing to hide, so it doesn't bother me one way or the other.