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I don't understand why you should feel safe. Cameras won't prevent a crime and won't make you immune to a knife. But they are very convenient to monitor daily
by codedokode 7y ago
I don't understand why you should feel safe. Cameras won't prevent a crime and won't make you immune to a knife.
But they are very convenient to monitor daily life of political activists.
- dTal 7y agoMost of them are privately owned and not networked. This renders them very inconvenient to monitor the daily life of political activists.
- mattmanser 7y agoThey might be privately owned, but the police actually get to say to new bars, restaurants, etc. how many CCTV camera they must have in order to get an alcohol licence. It got a bit ridiculous at one point with one perfectly normal pizzeria in my town being asked to install 6 different CCTV cameras, but they started pushing back at that point.
- auiya 7y agoNo, but fear of being caught will.
- lwhalen 7y agoThe criminal doesn't fear the policeman, nor does he fear the courts or the jails. The only effective method has been to make the criminal fear his intended victim, and the UK does just about everything in it's power to disarm the victim, making them weak, meek, and powerless.
- auiya 7y agoThis is just patently false. Petty theft criminals pick targets based on opportunity, and even the most rudimentary security precautions will steer them to more covert methods - such as avoiding security cameras altogether.
- timje1 7y agoWhat a weird, unfounded bit of vitriol to vomit into the discussion
- DanBC 7y ago> the UK does just about everything in it's power to disarm the victim, making them weak, meek, and powerless. When you're talking about the law and the UK you need to recognise that there are different legal systems. In some parts of the UK owning a handgun for defence is legal. In England you're allowed to defend yourself. This includes a pre-emptive strike upon your attacker, and you're allowed to use a weapon to do so. This is confusing to people who don't know anything about the laws in the UK, but perhaps those people should stop talking about UK law.
- lwhalen 7y agoThank you for the clarification/education. As an American, I was not aware of the points you brought up (handgun ownership being legal, being allowed to defend one's self with a preemptive strike, etc). If you have time, could I impose on you even further to save me a bit of Googling and share some general links illustrating the above so I can educate myself on the specifics?
- DanBC 7y agoFirearms in Northern Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_the_Uni... Self defence: https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/self-defence-and-prevention-crime https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/self-defence-and-preve... Pre-emptive strikes: https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/self-defence-and-prevention-crime https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/self-defence-and-preve...
- chacha2 7y agoHow do you explain the UK's lower crime rates?
- lwhalen 7y agoLower than what? London's homicide rate was higher than NYCs as of last year - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-43610936 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-43610936
- codedokode 7y agoPeople have been civilized throughout thousand years of history?