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Really? You think that, for instance, someone trying to leave an abusive partner doesn't have more reason to want their whereabouts unknown than someone with no
by jacalata 13y ago
Really? You think that, for instance, someone trying to leave an abusive partner doesn't have more reason to want their whereabouts unknown than someone with no psychotic acquaintances? Someone who turned state's witness against their drug dealer friends?
- kisielk 13y agoOn the other hand if they and everybody else knew the whereabouts of their abusive partner, wouldn't that actually contribute to their safety?
- Ygg2 13y agoAssuming such data isn't easily falsified.
- differentView 13y agoHow so? Are you going to stay awake 24/7 to stop those abusers when they get too close to their victims?
- justinlilly 13y agoIf the theoretical data is available on the theoretical abuser, the police could monitor it, or you could have a non-profit service which monitors the proximity and alerts authorities / sends a "get out of the house" message to you.
- gnaffle 13y agoSo, instead of living a life in relative safety, you get to spend the rest of your life on alert and in fear. I really don't see how you can argue that this would be an acceptable solution.
- differentView 13y agoThe most theoretical part of such a scenario is the police force that follows procedures perfectly and aren't ever overworked.
- amirmc 13y agoLet's flip that around. The key point would be "everyone's location ... No exceptions". Then you'd know if that abusive partner was approaching you (and call relevant authorities). The dealers would probably also be known without needing a witness. Of course, we'd also know who was sleeping with whom and when. It's an interesting thought experiment to imagine such a world but for it to be viable, society would have to have very different views on a lot of things.
- BHSPitMonkey 13y agoThe abused wouldn't be able to track their abuser's allies without knowing who they all were.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoBut if any of the abuser's allies did anything to the abused, they could be easily identified and tracked down; this could act as a deterrent.
- mcintyre1994 13y agoIf we're not capping the level of abuse it could easily be too late though. Let's take it to the extreme, somebody wants to kill you and you have no choice but to broadcast your location to everybody. Some people receiving that data, you don't know who, are happy to do the killing for the person who wants to kill you. Afterward they can be identified and tracked down, but at this extremity it's too late.
- matz1 13y agoThe punishment for killing is the deterrent.
- ShirtlessRod 13y agoFor people that have rational minds. What about people who are irrational or have some sort of mental illness? I guess that's just a "too bad" for the person who is now dead?