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.

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