Season Opener Countdown Thread: D-Day
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From the sound of it (reading license plates, report of two stolen cars) it sure sounds like this thing would only be in the parking lots.
Still, I'm not really sure how I feel about this. On the one hand it definitely is creepy and invasive. But on the other hand, whenever we see incidents of post game violence (Brian Stow being beaten, the recent fight after the 49ers game etc, etc) the first questions are usually why there wasn't more security personnel and why there weren't video cameras to help catch the perpetrators.
Still, I'm not really sure how I feel about this. On the one hand it definitely is creepy and invasive. But on the other hand, whenever we see incidents of post game violence (Brian Stow being beaten, the recent fight after the 49ers game etc, etc) the first questions are usually why there wasn't more security personnel and why there weren't video cameras to help catch the perpetrators.
Its a fairly strait dichotomy, one slowly being won by one side.
I can create a nearly perfectly safe society for everybody to live in. Elect me emperor, and I will create a police state of your safety dreams. A cop on every corner, a drone in every sky, a camera above every door and on every street light. NOTHING will happen in my utopia that is not seen and dealt with. Crime as we know it will virtually cease. And all you have to do is give me your privacy and give me your freedom. Let me put a camera in your bedroom, and you can be sure to sleep tight safe in the knowledge that I am watching, everything. Always.
Or you favor freedom and privacy. Which also has the darkside that not all human being are trustworthy or mean well. The more freedom you get, the more the untrustworthy ones get. So is your freedom worth theirs?
I can create a nearly perfectly safe society for everybody to live in. Elect me emperor, and I will create a police state of your safety dreams. A cop on every corner, a drone in every sky, a camera above every door and on every street light. NOTHING will happen in my utopia that is not seen and dealt with. Crime as we know it will virtually cease. And all you have to do is give me your privacy and give me your freedom. Let me put a camera in your bedroom, and you can be sure to sleep tight safe in the knowledge that I am watching, everything. Always.
Or you favor freedom and privacy. Which also has the darkside that not all human being are trustworthy or mean well. The more freedom you get, the more the untrustworthy ones get. So is your freedom worth theirs?
“Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
In general, the biggest lie perpetrated on our ever dumbed down society is you have to give up privacy due to "fear" of safety. Ruling be fear is the oldest trick in the book.
Too bad Vivek doesn't want to put his mind to better use than creating a modern R2D2 who'll scope out "aggressive or furtive gestures". Someone should throw that thing in a dumpster. There goes playing grabass with my wife at Kings games. But at least Vivek will feel safer without that kind of furtive gesture.
In general, the biggest lie perpetrated on our ever dumbed down society is you have to give up privacy due to "fear" of safety. Ruling be fear is the oldest trick in the book.
Too bad Vivek doesn't want to put his mind to better use than creating a modern R2D2 who'll scope out "aggressive or furtive gestures". Someone should throw that thing in a dumpster. There goes playing grabass with my wife at Kings games. But at least Vivek will feel safer without that kind of furtive gesture.
Three of them will roam the concourse apparently. I'm not offended at the surveillance part of it - after all it is private property so it isn't that Orwellian to me - not like having a whole city under video surveillance (that creeps me big time). Just an advanced camera system.
But... those three rainbow vacuum cleaners driving around are gonna get tripped over - it is a tight concourse when there is a sellout!
But... those three rainbow vacuum cleaners driving around are gonna get tripped over - it is a tight concourse when there is a sellout!
So I will pay 1,000 BrickCoins to anybody tonight who will intentionally hop in front of one of these things and start waving your arms and dancing around wildly until it freaks out. 
P.S. or of course your spouse/parents/kids/significant other in case they really do come with an exterminate function
P.S. or of course your spouse/parents/kids/significant other in case they really do come with an exterminate function
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So I will pay 1,000 BrickCoins to anybody tonight who will intentionally hop in front of one of these things and start waving your arms and dancing around wildly until it freaks out.
P.S. or of course your spouse/parents/kids/significant other in case they really do come with an exterminate function
P.S. or of course your spouse/parents/kids/significant other in case they really do come with an exterminate function
