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Cambridge, Mass. Moves To Nix Security Cameras
An anonymous reader writes "Citing privacy concerns, the Cambridge, Mass. City Council has voted 9-0 to remove security cameras scattered throughout the city. 'Because of the slow erosion of our civil liberties since 9/11, it is important to raise questions regarding these cameras,' said Marjorie Decker, a Cambridge city councilor. Rather than citing privacy, WCBVTV is running the story under the headline 'City's Move To Nix Security Cams May Cost Thousands.'"
>>>started up a national health service, and began a process of ensuring personal freedoms
Forcing your neighbors to pay YOUR health bills is not freedom. It's graft. It's no different than if I bought a Lexus, and then demanded everybody contribute $1 to pay my bill & extracted the money from their wallets.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
I gotta be honest: Your entire post, assuming any bit of it is true, sounds like an incredible cry for help and/or attention. I've now got a mental image of you, in a nasal, whiny voice, asking every cop who comes to your door for your security camera evidence if they'll be your friend, and said mental image is way too amusing to drop, so I'ma just going to burn it in.