Because Big Brother is watching you and he really hates that.
The Insta-Man posted up a couple links on today’s growing “Surveillance Society” yesterday.
I thought that you minght find them interesting.
Reynolds’ post at Popular Mechanincs
And this one, also in PM, from James Vlahos.
The ferry arrived, the gangway went down and 7-year-old Emma Powell rushed toward the Statue of Liberty. She climbed onto the grass around the star-shaped foundation. She put on a green foam crown with seven protruding rays. Turning so that her body was oriented just like Lady Liberty’s, Emma extended her right arm skyward with an imaginary torch. I snapped a picture. Then I took my niece’s hand, and we went off to buy some pretzels.
Other people were taking pictures, too, and not just the other tourists—Liberty Island, name notwithstanding, is one of the most heavily surveilled places in America. Dozens of cameras record hundreds of hours of video daily, a volume that strains the monitoring capability of guards. The National Park Service has enlisted extra help, and as Emma and I strolled around, we weren’t just being watched by people. We were being watched by machines.
Ahh, yes. The other kind of Intelligent Design that worries me.
Btw, in case you missed it, these coincide with the Senate discussing surveillance legislation this week.