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reggie the dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 03:21 PM
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6. the cameras are a joke
I read an article in a newspaper from the UK on the train to London. The local politician from the CamdenTown section of London was complaining about all the cannabis being sold on the streets and how the new cameras would put an end to that. I got off the train, took the tube to the Camdentown stop, got out and scored some cannabis in 10 minutes. The dealers simply stand at the bottom of the poll with the camera and make sure the camera is looking the other way when they set up a deal. They showed me their wares under the damn camera by having their back to the camera, they told me to put my back to the camera, fold the 10 quid note really small, and then we did the old 2 handshake deal. What a joke those cameras were.
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  -Britains "Big Brother" System of 4.2 million CCTV Cameras Prove to be a Complete Waste politicallore  May-06-08 03:08 PM   #0 
  - Another "New Labour" idea gone very wrong.  Tandalayo_Scheisskopf   May-06-08 03:13 PM   #1 
  - "New Labour"  formercia   May-06-08 03:54 PM   #13 
     - yes its Tony Blair-- Bush's Poodle  saigon68   May-06-08 09:33 PM   #22 
     - Close  Prophet 451   May-07-08 05:12 PM   #27 
  - On the other hand, it's reduced purchases of pornography by law enforcement officials by 60%  IanDB1   May-06-08 03:14 PM   #2 
  - Snog.  Hissyspit   May-06-08 03:17 PM   #4 
  - ...  DeSwiss   May-06-08 04:17 PM   #15 
  - They should put their money where their mouths are. Junk the fucking system then. n/t  Selatius   May-06-08 03:16 PM   #3 
  - No. It cannot be a "complete waste",  SimpleTrend   May-06-08 03:20 PM   #5 
  - +1  Blue_Tires   May-06-08 03:47 PM   #12 
  - the cameras are a joke  reggie the dog   May-06-08 03:21 PM   #6 
  - Who the hell wrote that article?  rockymountaindem   May-06-08 03:21 PM   #7 
  - If 4.2 million cameras give 3% detection, do the math: 140 million cameras might just do the job if  indepat   May-06-08 03:32 PM   #8 
  - That was mildly insulting  Prophet 451   May-06-08 03:34 PM   #9 
  - Not to the Torchwood Institute  bain_sidhe   May-06-08 03:37 PM   #10 
  - Bwwaaaaahahahaha! Thank goodness we can use the cams  Ilsa   May-06-08 09:40 PM   #24 
  - "The main problem is informing criminals that the video system works and is effective"  bemildred   May-06-08 03:45 PM   #11 
  - “There’s no fear of CCTV. Why don’t people fear it?"  suffragette   May-06-08 04:59 PM   #17 
  - And I'll bet the authoritarian system cost a fucking fortune too.  pattmarty   May-06-08 04:06 PM   #14 
  - You know this means...  old mark   May-06-08 04:56 PM   #16 
  - If They Put Them In Our Cities, They Would be Used for Target Practice  AndyTiedye   May-06-08 06:56 PM   #19 
     - they are already installing them  bossy22   May-06-08 07:39 PM   #21 
        - get a 22--- use it at night  saigon68   May-06-08 09:35 PM   #23 
        - Or, "You are out in public so it isn't private anyway." nt  Ilsa   May-06-08 09:42 PM   #25 
  - little known fact....  madrchsod   May-06-08 06:24 PM   #18 
  - Its all been a Joke Big Brother fails  lovuian   May-06-08 06:57 PM   #20 
  - we'll see them widespread in the US in another 5 years  Mystery2Me   May-06-08 09:44 PM   #26 
  - but they helped the CIA shoot that guy in the Bourne Ultimatum!  leftofthedial   May-07-08 05:26 PM   #28 
 

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