"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:32:30 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
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"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:42:04 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


The WTC was not the result of internal terrorism. OK City was
an aberration. You do know what has happened to the
perpetrators, don't you?


Is external terrorism less dangerous to life and limb ?

We have an open society, and do not relish the "big brother"
school of security. The thousands of cameras all over outdoor,
public areas in the UK would never be tolerated in the US.


Nonsense, there are over 2 thousand in NYC alone

http://www.mediaeater.com/cameras/overview.html

Keith

Did you miss the part where it explained that only less than
300 of the cameras were government owned, and that
these were security cameras on government buildings?

If I want to video the street in front of my house that is hardly
"big brother". In the UK the government maintains surveillance
on the public, the US government does not.

I guess it's how you interpret the government's intentions.

Personally, I'm OK with them knowing the ins-and-outs of my weekly shopping
trips; especially if they're bothered to go to all that trouble of setting
up the infrastructure and paying the x 1000s of guys to follow every move
each of us makes 24/7 - fairplay to them. It strikes me you've the
impression they're there to oppress us - simply not the case. They help
catch criminals.

That, at least, is what the telescreen in the corner tells me.
Doubleplusgood!

Jim Doyle

Al Minyard