thread: 2007-10-17 : There's violence and there's violence
On 2007-10-22, NinJ wrote:
My understanding is that the cameras in London are mostly catching people pissing in alleys and jaywalking. That is, not actually making anyone safer, but getting folks nicked for doing normal, marginal stuff.
The panopticon works when you have an enlightened philosopher king or perhaps when you're in prison. Since it's what we've got now, you have to choose between those. The former doesn't seem like the right answer, somehow.
