Now Cameras in London Don’t Just Watch, They Tell You What To Do
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on September 18th, 2006 11:22 am by HL
George Orwell, Call your office…Its official, 1984 is here, Ok so it showed up about 22 years late, but it has Arrived. Now not only are London streets being monitored by cameras, they actually yell at you and tell you if you are doing something terribly wrong, (like not walking your bike for example). They already have cameras monitoring the corner that I live on, I guess soon they will start yelling at me for spitting in the street.
Big Brother is shouting at you
London Daily Mail
Excerpt:
Big Brother is not only watching you – now he’s barking orders too. Britain’s first ‘talking’ CCTV cameras have arrived, publicly berating bad behaviour and shaming offenders into acting more responsibly.
The system allows control room operators who spot any anti-social acts – from dropping litter to late-night brawls – to send out a verbal warning: ‘We are watching you’……
Law-abiding shopper Karen Margery, 40, was shocked to hear the speakers spring into action as she walked past them. Afterwards she said: ‘It’s quite scary to realise that your every move could be monitored – it really is like Big Brother. ‘But Middlesbrough does have a big problem with anti-social behaviour, so it is very reassuring.’
And if the city centre scheme proves a success, it will be extended into residential areas.
H.L.s Take:
And once it is a success in residential areas the cameras will then be moved into peoples houses, bedrooms, and toilets. Soon you won’t be able to take a dump without the Government watching. (At least they can warn people when they are out of toilet paper) As usual its all in the name of safety. Every time we lose more individual rights (rememeber freedom) they use safety as the reason. If they watch every little thing we do we will be safer right?? Like little babies we need our mommies to watch our every move. God forbid we lose our freedom due to the anti-social behaviour of bicyclists, and bar patrons. Interesting that this story in the Daily Mail did not once mention that someone might have a problem with this, they acted like it was the greatest concept ever concieved. Sad that the media is no so transparent in there never ending shilling for Big Government.