I have thought some on the issue of "Big brother is watching you" and weighed pros and cons against each other. I'm still not entirely sure where I stand, for or against. Is it right that one can be intercepted and controlled filmed wherever you go and what you do? Of course it is right-we have nothing to hide. Or? But on the other hand I think it should be well able to do what you want without being registered and suspected of crimes as a terrorist or thief.
So, what is good to be guarded all the time? The obvious answer is that it detects crime and terrorism at an earlier stage, and large events like 9 / 11 can be prevented. Some people also feel safer with the knowledge that things are recorded and if something happens there is hopefully answers on a tape or similar. And most people are of the honest variety, and have therefore nothing to hide, so therefore it is ok to be filmed and recorded everywhere.
But still, I can only think that it feels wrong to be guarded at all times. It makes you feel suspicious even if you have not done any crime. It makes me lose faith in the whole world sometimes. Are we humans really so bad that we have to be monitored around the clock so that we will not be able to carry out any crime. What will happen to democracy and respect for one's own man? And the poor people who never do anything wrong but still be treated and guarded as if they were terrorists.
As I mentioned above I can not off-hand to decide whether I am for or against. But the world's safety most be more important than our own human ego. Or?
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Hello Frida!
SvaraRaderaThank you for nice reading. I do agree with you that it is quite difficult to find a clear standpoint if being pro or against the cameras we have around us nowadays. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it feels bad to be monitored. In a democratic way of thinking it might be wrong with loads of cameras but on the other hand it’s also a kind of safety. Unfortunately our society has changed dramaticly in the last decades and I don’t know if we will ever be able to turn back time to a safer society where it’s ok to walk around without enlarged risks for harrasments.
Regarding to your paragraphs it might be a good idea to start off with other words than So and But. I like the last sentence when you finish your text with a question, maybe you could have developed the question into a sentence. It’s your text and I find it difficult to comment on other peoples grammar.
Best regards,
Viktoria