On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > What is the difference between a cop watching you through a camera and > a cop watching you from his patrol car, or for that matter while he or > she is walking or bicycling down the street. > > As far as I can see its the same thing.
I guess if you severely limit what you consider to be happening, it's the same thing happening. Id est, "eyes on you". If you are a little more worldly, however, you'll note that there is *quite* a bit of difference. First of all, it's important not to underrate the value of a "visual" deterant. The eye in the sky is more like God, and people fear God a lot less than they do a uniformed officer of the law. I'll bet you money that an officer sitting on a horse in an intersection deters *way* more speeders than a nondescript camera at the very same intersection. Second of all, I'm not going to add another, as there's like at least 5 fundamental differences between physically "being there" and "virtually there". Do your freaking research, man. This is just plain lazy, and not of the quality I'd expect from a difference-noter such as yourself. Very short-sighted, so to speak. :] :DeN -- Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within. Edmund Husserl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316458 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
