Big Brother is watching
This is just a short post to while away some time, since there's roughly 20min before lesson begins. So, here I am, on the second day of the new semester, typing away furiously in the library's computer lab.
I noticed a new addition to the lift landing of the block that I live in. Guess what? It's a frickin' surveillance camera! Although it is encased within a plastic dome that is darkly-tinted, I presume that the camera is capturing footage of activities at the lift landing. So much for privacy, huh? So, what's next? Install a brain-wave scanning device in my room to check for dissident thoughts? *rolls eyes*
If the authorities (or whoever put that piece of crap there) were asked regarding the camera's purpose, most probably, it will be something along this line, "Terrorists... dangerous... ensure security... need to safeguard... blah blah" Aww, come on! Does it make any significant impact to bomb a residential estate? How does it further the terrorists' political cause? Besides, if the terrorists manage to make it that far to plant a bomb in a residential estate, then it clearly demonstrates the ineptness of the local customs. Sometimes, people just don't pause to think.
Oh yes. If the town council want us to pay for its new toy, I'm against it. Firstly, I did not recall asking for a surveillance camera. Secondly, even if it is in the interest of security, it's the responsibility of the authorities to provide this basic level of security and thus, unjustified that residents are made to pay. Seriously now, they don't really think a surveillance camera is going to deter terrorists, do they?
Gotta rush for lesson! I'll post some pictures, if possible. Remember now, Big Brother is watching.
I noticed a new addition to the lift landing of the block that I live in. Guess what? It's a frickin' surveillance camera! Although it is encased within a plastic dome that is darkly-tinted, I presume that the camera is capturing footage of activities at the lift landing. So much for privacy, huh? So, what's next? Install a brain-wave scanning device in my room to check for dissident thoughts? *rolls eyes*
If the authorities (or whoever put that piece of crap there) were asked regarding the camera's purpose, most probably, it will be something along this line, "Terrorists... dangerous... ensure security... need to safeguard... blah blah" Aww, come on! Does it make any significant impact to bomb a residential estate? How does it further the terrorists' political cause? Besides, if the terrorists manage to make it that far to plant a bomb in a residential estate, then it clearly demonstrates the ineptness of the local customs. Sometimes, people just don't pause to think.
Oh yes. If the town council want us to pay for its new toy, I'm against it. Firstly, I did not recall asking for a surveillance camera. Secondly, even if it is in the interest of security, it's the responsibility of the authorities to provide this basic level of security and thus, unjustified that residents are made to pay. Seriously now, they don't really think a surveillance camera is going to deter terrorists, do they?
Gotta rush for lesson! I'll post some pictures, if possible. Remember now, Big Brother is watching.
posted by hg @ 08:41
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