Re: Speeding Cameras
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And your comments about morality are not directed at my comments to John. John was getting annoyed by government intrusiveness restricting the things he can and cannot do in the name of saving lives. He mentioned examples where government was restricting your behavior where it already had not. Government is not making another restriction on your behavior here, it is already a restriction.
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So if government makes little mini hover satellites for everyone that sit outside their houses to catch 'already illegal activity' and these things start hovering over our heads when we leave our houses and follow us everywhere and are programmed to take pictures the moment we do something 'already illegal' all is OK?
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1) Strawman
I never said any means used to enforce laws were acceptable. There's a trade-off (duh) involved every time. Random cameras along roads don't strike me as much more intrusive than cops already staking out highways waiting for speeders.
2) Extreme examples stemming from strawmen and making false assumptions don't help you prove points. Watch:
You're against cameras? So you don't think we should try to stop speeding? It would be "ok" if I could blast down a residential street with lots of kids on it doing 150?
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Ever hear of a slippery slope my friend? In which direction do you think we are headed?
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