So I am finally working on my paper for class. I have been googling "free speech defined," "patriot act defined," and "Britain surveillance." I found an article that explained that "electronic chips will be implanted in some of the elderly, letting carers and family members locate them more easily." (link) I once remember being told about a new product where one is able to implant a chip into their animal for when they run off and need to be found again. One would be able to take the dog to the vet, where they would check to the tag in the skin of the animal, thus allowing the animal to safely return home. (link) So if Grandmother decides not to come home some night, you can just call into a company who will locate her for you. I mean who wants little old grandmothers walking aimlessly around town?
This is sick and twisted. I am not usually an animal activist, but with this case it makes me realize how improper it is to install microchips in even a common household animal. It is like the joke of having a cell phone implanted in your ear. Which then brings us to the idea of humans becoming part machine-part human.
Surveillance; safety or evasion?
I need to have a draft for a paper by Monday morning and since work loves to keep me there for the majority of the day; I should be working on my draft. The Topic? An argument that uses 1984, Brave New World, and an outside article. I have strong opinions about surveillance, so naturally I am attempting to write the perfect and strong paper on surveillance, with its relation with both books, and hopefully a neutral view on surveillance.
We briefly discussed in class about surveillance and many people believed it would benefit the safety of everyone. I believe that the streets in America have always been unsafe and should stay that way, I justify this with the notion that I want my privacy. I do not want to worry about having everything I do watched. I remember a biology teacher saying once, "I do not want a camera in here [in the classroom]. It would unnerving to know that someone is watching and critiquing my teaching."
Ah, maybe it is time to start the endless cycle of typing ideas that usually end up in the "virtual" recycling bin, thus making the work double as you find new ideas to replace the old ones. I do not want to make a jumble of ideas, because I have been conditioned to produce perfect drafts the first time around. None of this "1st, 2nd, and3rd draft" crap.
In addition to all of this, roommate has decided to take random pictures behind me, thus making me feel like I am caught in a storm. If someone was to tap me on the back, I'd jump right out of this chair.
We briefly discussed in class about surveillance and many people believed it would benefit the safety of everyone. I believe that the streets in America have always been unsafe and should stay that way, I justify this with the notion that I want my privacy. I do not want to worry about having everything I do watched. I remember a biology teacher saying once, "I do not want a camera in here [in the classroom]. It would unnerving to know that someone is watching and critiquing my teaching."
Ah, maybe it is time to start the endless cycle of typing ideas that usually end up in the "virtual" recycling bin, thus making the work double as you find new ideas to replace the old ones. I do not want to make a jumble of ideas, because I have been conditioned to produce perfect drafts the first time around. None of this "1st, 2nd, and3rd draft" crap.
In addition to all of this, roommate has decided to take random pictures behind me, thus making me feel like I am caught in a storm. If someone was to tap me on the back, I'd jump right out of this chair.
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