Comments on: Panopticon http://www.statehighwayone.com/2010/03/panopticon/ want to ask but afraid to know Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:24:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Morgan http://www.statehighwayone.com/2010/03/panopticon/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 The Morgan Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:14:29 +0000 http://www.statehighwayone.com/?p=1750#comment-1789 Like police and guns, I don't mind if camera footage can be grabbed when neeeded, I just don't want them around all the time. There's a difference between going to the footage to find evidence to reinforce a complaint, and constantly monitoring for any little thing. Like unnecessary medical imaging, you'll always find something out of the ordinary, something that otherwise wouldn't have caused anyone any real bother. Does anyone really care if some girl pisses behind a car? Not really, but if an officious little wanker in a nondescript building somewhere in the CBD immediately dispatches the goon squad, that fairly inoffensive act suddenly turns into a big deal. Judgement & discretion on the part of those we've tasked with maintaining our community standards are the difference between 'meh' and 'smash the state'. Like police and guns, I don't mind if camera footage can be grabbed when neeeded, I just don't want them around all the time.

There's a difference between going to the footage to find evidence to reinforce a complaint, and constantly monitoring for any little thing. Like unnecessary medical imaging, you'll always find something out of the ordinary, something that otherwise wouldn't have caused anyone any real bother.

Does anyone really care if some girl pisses behind a car? Not really, but if an officious little wanker in a nondescript building somewhere in the CBD immediately dispatches the goon squad, that fairly inoffensive act suddenly turns into a big deal.

Judgement & discretion on the part of those we've tasked with maintaining our community standards are the difference between 'meh' and 'smash the state'.

]]> By: Ryan Sproull http://www.statehighwayone.com/2010/03/panopticon/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 Ryan Sproull Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:36:36 +0000 http://www.statehighwayone.com/?p=1750#comment-1790 True, and as I understand it, at least in New Zealand, there is considerable oversight on crime-prevention camera monitoring. True, and as I understand it, at least in New Zealand, there is considerable oversight on crime-prevention camera monitoring.

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