ralex's Blog

Cameras are important, no doubt about that.

I know that area officials already use the traffic cams to help in their search for vehicles and license numbers and private cameras also. They are a necessary evil, but only evil if mis-used. In our world though I can hear the lawsuit now from the crook cought by a camera how it infringed on his privacy, and sadly he will probably win.

I like the programs that can pick your mug shot out of a crowd. Making it harder for the guilty to hide.

Special; thats called a Reality Show. Not what we are talking about.

Specialteacher........are you affraid of being filmed on a camera. What are you teaching? Are you ashamed of what you do and affraid somebody might find out about it. If you're not doing anything wrong, what's the big deal? You think somebody is infringing on your privacy rights. Poor baby. If the Muslims ever get over here, all of your rights will change in a hurry and all you cry babies won't have any rights. Have a good day and Oh.......smile, you're on slam-bam-security cam.

I dont' have an issue with Cameras - I think they'd settle a lot of debates. Answer a lot of questions. Turn lies into truth. I have nothing to hide.

I would perfer they stay out of my home. Especially my bedrood, bathroom. :-O

My street is A-ok. It would be boring video tho.

This is not a “privacy” issue. When you go out in public you have no expectation or entitlement to privacy. That’s why news crews and anyone else with a camera can take your picture. Actually, as we’ve seen, with the new cell phones that can take stills and videos, more and more people are finding themselves on the news and Websites like U-tube. There is hardly a business anywhere that doesn’t use security cameras, so as we travel about, we are constantly under surveillance whether we are consciously aware of it or not. This is not, as we’ve seen, necessarily a bad thing. Another point. Nowhere in the US Constitution is there stated that a person has a right to privacy. It has been implied and applied by interpretation of certain amendments, but then it is only with respect to places where a person has a “reasonable expectation” of privacy. Personally, I think the cameras are a great idea, the more the better. Maybe the mere possibility that a surveillance camera might be pointed in someone’s direction will serve as a deterrent to crime. We already know that it has, in many cases, helped to solve crimes.

I don't have many problems with increased camera surveillance. However, when I lived in England in the fall of 2005, I noticed cameras all over the highways. I asked some locals what they were for and he said that they photograph cars when they pass a camera. They then photograph them at the next camera, and if the car is at the second point, before they're supposed to based on the speed limit, they get a ticket in the mail. I didn't drive much there, but you can rack up some serious fines for exceeding the speed limits even by the smallest margin.