Abe
Expert Member
You know, even total restriction is not neccessarily the only way.
But sign in, smile at a camera etc will deter many criminals.
And only two types of people will complain:
1) Liberals
2) Criminals
We have to be careful. I am all for nailing the criminals and adding the death penalty would probably be a good start. That said, however, adding cameras left, right and centre will only benefit one group of people. The government. The step from that to monitoring everything you do is very small. The technology is already in place to do so. Ask china. What happens next is that you go to a DA rally and then find that the job that you wanted at FNB is no longer available to you. Hell, FNB already backed down from their "crime initiative". Be careful what you wish for.
Don't get me wrong, I am all for nailing these bastards. I just think it can be done a little more creatively. How about tagging all of the people let out on bail and tracking their movements. You can match that up to the crimes in an area. Maybe the police should put a little more effort and a little less corruption into catching the illegal immigrants. I am sure one could get the army to move through an informal settlement, almost blanket mode, and check for them. Reports say that 50% of crime is committed by illegal immigrants, wouldn't that solve half the problem in one go. I am sure that a lot of crime is also committed by repeat offenders.
I am by no means a liberal but if we are not careful, we could quite easily have Zim style laws for the sake of securty.