Re: California front plates - yikes!

[Brad Sheridan <brads@mindspring.com>]

At 01:33 PM 10/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I haven't been following most of this thread, so forgive me if I'm
>missing something, but I just had to get this out there:
>
>Anybody read _1984_ yet? If you haven't, you should. Turns out that it
>probably should have been titled 2014, but it is definitely happening. My
>life is already run by computers and people I never see and will never
>meet. Making it legal for computers or remote operators to hand out
>traffic tickits when no human is present on the scene is rather
>disturbing to me. At what point will we be stripped of any sense of
>responsibility to "do the right thing" because it *is* the right thing,
>not because every "improper" action will immediately result in punishment 
>by some computer or person with near-omnipotency.

Uh, much of society already lacks the capability to do the right thing
because it is the right thing. Or do I just have an extremely negative view
of people? :)

   If the driver decides not to run a light because a cop is there, he is
not doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do, hes doing it
because he doesn't want to get punished. Whether its a live cop, or one at
a desk a few miles away, its a fear of punishment that keeps the driver
from breaking the law, and endangering lives. Are you saying we should get
rid of police, as they take away our responsiblity to do the right thing
because it is the right thing? All the cameras do is make one cop able to
watch alot of intersections, as opposed to just sitting and waiting at one.
Either with the cop or the camera, you are being watched.


Brad



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