Yes Because...
The House of Lords have expressed their view that privacy is an "essential prerequisite to the exercise of individual freedom". We can no longer say that we live private lives when every move is being watched by one out of the four million CCTV cameras in Britain. Our every move is being watched. Such surveillance renders our society as equivalent to a large scale big brother. Our every move can be traced and information can be gathered about our daily activities. If this information were to be misplaced, which central government seems to do frequently, then who knows what other breaches our freedoms will endure.
(1)http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/06/surveillance-freedom-peers
No Because
'Freedom of privacy' is a redundant concept. Just as a celebrity cannot claim privacy when they are out walking the streets, neither can we. We accept the high level of protection and we accept the Crown Prosecution Service help in building a case against a magnitude of criminals; just as celebrities accept the magazine deals for photos and money for high exposure. In accepting such protection, such financial reward for the celebrities, we impliedly accept the fact that hand in hand with those positive aspects of society comes the negative side of being watched.
The media have hyped up CCTV's in our society to make it seem like an Orwellian state. It is a fact that CCTV's are a huge aid in catching criminals, for example if not for CCTV's the perpetrators of 7/7 would not have been caught. This is the same for the Jamie Bulger case. New legislation is also being introduced so that the data protection act will protects people' s freedoms and liberties.
So what do you think…
No comments:
Post a Comment