tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post113092691008743740..comments2023-12-25T03:12:03.872-05:00Comments on Hootsbuddy's Place: Surveillance and securityHootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1130941980814939142005-11-02T09:33:00.000-05:002005-11-02T09:33:00.000-05:00I see what you mean. Personally I don't object to ...I see what you mean. Personally I don't object to searches, but I always wonder what is in the baggage compartment not subject to the same scrutiny. <BR/><BR/>After the London tubes bombs the public cameras came in handy. I was impressed that it was the community where the perpetrators lived that turned them in. Community action impresses me more than police action, but that is also where mobs and vigilante groups also arise. <BR/><BR/>You're right. It's no big deal either way. I guess searches make us <I>feel</I> safer anyway. <BR/><BR/>From the perpetrator's point of view, it's just a matter of shifting to softer targets. In time we could be subject to searches on the way into church.Hootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1130932648969436402005-11-02T06:57:00.000-05:002005-11-02T06:57:00.000-05:00Well, maybe.You're not protected by a video camera...Well, <I>maybe.</I><BR/><BR/>You're not protected by a video camera. It's only there so that <I>after</I> you're killed, they have evidence to go after the perp. Wonderful, but you're still dead.<BR/><BR/>I prefer an approach that's a little more proactive. I've been subjected to subway bag searches in Jersey City and NYC, and it's no bfd.Scott Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03236671015543564727noreply@blogger.com