Are We Being Controlled, or Is It for Our Safety?

Andrew Blind
Dr. Pirrone
Composition
November 24, 2003
Are We Being Controlled, or Is It for Our Safety?
Cameras, computer programs, and other technological weapons, such as the cameras in Washington D.C., the computer program Mosaic 2000, and Thermal-Imaging instruments were made to help prevent crime. They were meant to help prevent problems, not to watch over us to control people’s lives. People feel threatened when they are being watched, and they act “sub-norm”. In such a situation as when you are around your parents most people act differently and aren’t the same way they usually are in front of their friends. But if people aren’t doing anything wrong, they really shouldn’t feel weird; they should be able to act normally. Also, when people are watched, it will help eliminate crimes because people wouldn’t commit the crimes when it is that easy to be caught.
The use of cameras in Washington D.C. is definitely the smartest and safest thing that law enforcem...