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City Council, video cams, and George Orwell
Monday, April 28, 2008 6:44 AM PDT
Very soon the new Lodi "tourist" cameras will be placed on top of the Lodi Stadium 12 Theater.
In my opinion, these cameras amount to spying. They infringe on our right to privacy. Why should someone have the right to view you through a computer monitor just doing your daily business?
The novel 1984 tells the story of what happens when a totalitarian government takes over the country by having security cameras everywhere-watching every action. George Orwell's story might actually become a prediction if Lodi's City Council spends our money on live streaming cameras! This could lead to more and more cameras in every part of Lodi. Not only will the City Council be able to watch everything you or your children do in downtown Lodi, so can everyone else.
Does anyone else see a problem with this? I sure hope so.
Travis Connors
Senior
Lodi High School
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Lodian wrote on May 5, 2008 7:18 PM:
Lodian wrote on May 5, 2008 7:17 PM:
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Giovanina wrote on May 5, 2008 6:25 PM:
" Daniel: You are aware, are you not,that Orwell was a Socialist? "
I would have to agree with Leonard. Leonard knows the definition of a Socialist.
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danielH wrote on Apr 29, 2008 11:50 PM:
Leonard wrote on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 AM:
" Leonard: Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm accurately describe key features of communist power. "
Unlike you, Orwell understood the difference between Socialism and Communism.
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Leonard wrote on Apr 29, 2008 10:10 AM:
" I think Leonard has me on his Google alert. He is probably using a keyword sequence like "danielH AND Leonard AND lodinews.com."
Actually, I just google "misinformation" and "half-baked conspiracy theories".
Your posts come up every time. "
danielH wrote on Apr 29, 2008 7:59 AM:
danielH wrote on Apr 29, 2008 7:58 AM:
sam wrote on Apr 28, 2008 9:29 PM:
Cogito wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:34 PM:
sam wrote on Apr 28, 2008 6:25 PM:
Leonard wrote on Apr 28, 2008 6:12 PM:
Cogito wrote on Apr 28, 2008 3:07 PM:
Cogito wrote on Apr 28, 2008 3:03 PM:
danielH wrote on Apr 28, 2008 12:50 PM:
danielH wrote on Apr 28, 2008 12:49 PM:
However, I think I have a right to walk down the street without being photographed by the government ... without having live feed into the NSA in Washington.
There is a difference between a private property or business owner installing surveillance videos to protect their own property and for security.
I also think it is OK for survillance inside government buildings for the same reason.
I do not condone surveillance in the generalPublic. "
papercut wrote on Apr 28, 2008 11:33 AM:
Trackback wrote on Apr 28, 2008 11:26 AM:
Cogito wrote on Apr 28, 2008 11:00 AM:
nylodian wrote on Apr 28, 2008 10:08 AM:
You may be comfortable with the idea that you or your child can be recorded and posted on YouTube and other sites without your knowledge, but many others aren't. "
nylodian wrote on Apr 28, 2008 10:02 AM:
LOL! No, but you have to admit this is just one more tool for those with a harmful agenda. "
Cogito wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:57 AM:
dogbark wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:52 AM:
Gee, I am at caveman level on a pc, but even I can figure out how to record from a website.
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nylodian wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:35 AM:
al da long wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:32 AM:
for privacy, what are you worried about?
are you doing something illegal? if not then walking across the street and someone seeing it online, ooooow! don't drive your car on the freeway, there's traffic cams too.
sincerely Big Bro "
Cogito wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:21 AM:
danielH wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:03 AM:
I appreciate how you are able to relate 1984 to our own society. It's too easy to point toward someone elses society with the presumption that it's not happening here.
I'll add that the City of Tampa deployed a prototype surveillance system which featured facial recognition software.
Next, I would expect a city to proclaim that it captured an (alleged) terrorist as a result of the software and surveillance system. [yeah sure.] "
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