torsdag 23 april 2009

Big brother is watching you

Nowadays it is usual with cameras in every corner of a town. The purpose of this is to supervise the citizens and protect them from terrorsim. Is it a good or bad idea?

First, The very thought of cameras everywhere may be frightening. I wish that it should not be necessary. The optimal would be to be able to trust people without watching over every step they take. But in today´s society when crime is on the increase I think that a camera is a good idea for the purpose of preventing more offences.

I feel the cameras like a security. When I´m walking along the street I feel more secure when I know that there are other people who can see me and keep watch over me. I think that it doesn´t matter that they can see every step I take because I have never done something illegal. Actually, there is nothing to care about, at all.

The most strange part of it all, is that the criminals often escape without any problems. They find a way out, no matter how many cameras there are. Today´s criminality is like a profession, they who do it manage it exellently. In reality, nothing can stop them all but perhaps there will be fewer. Some of them maybe dissapear from that business if they feel a little scared of being found.

On the contary, there are people who claim that they feel insecure in a society where cameras are watching everything you do. They think that it encroaches on their privacy and makes them feel shut in. They can´t do whatever they want, but I don´t really understand why, as long as they are legal.

To sum up, if I have to choose between a society in which crime every day becomes a bigger danger for my life or to have little privacy, I think that the cameras are really good. They protect us all and I claim that there is no other solution right now. We have to accept that this is the situation of today.

1 kommentar:

  1. Hello Åsa!

    Finally I am writing :) Sorry. again! :)

    Now to your blog: I agree with you in what you write; the optimal would be a society where you can trust on everyone. But so is not the case.

    In your first pharagraph you have a question, and I think your whole text is based on that issue; Is it a good or bad idea with the cameras?

    You have divided the text into paragraphs and each paragraph handle one problem wich is good!

    Your linkingwords are good, I like very much that you start your second paragrapph with:First. That is a good word to start a sebtence.

    You discuss both pros and cons in your text, and ultimately win benefits, I think.

    Your summery is good and your last words are very thoghtful. This is the situation of today, and there is not so much to do about it!

    As to your language. I think you use a good and simple language, It is easy to understand!

    Good job!

    SvaraRadera