Yeo Tun Zen(39) 2nd Entry, Comment of Joshua Chan's Post

This is a comment on Joshua's Post 

Joshua has said that the advantages, compared to the disadvantages of having a surveillance camera is greatly "Outweighed" This, I cannot understand

Here are the advantages

- decrease in crime rate

This is the only advantage for the increase in surveillance camera

but for the disadvantges

-Increase in Government taxes ( somebody is going to have to pay for all the installments for the cameras)

- Polluting due to high usage of electricity to run the cameras ( it is said in the video that it is on 24/7)

-Privacy Intrusion   Quote, "Plus, citizens have nothing to fear from the installation of these cameras unless they have done something wrong. In this way, the citizens are safer than before." ( although, in the video, it is said that the cameras are shown very obviously to the public, the citizens still feel insecure. It's is the same feeling when you leaving 50 Digital Camera filming in the house, even though you know that it is there, you still can feel insecure due to the fact that the camera is recording your every single move) 

- Angry Citizens  ( if the public is not happy with the camera, tensions will grow and who knows what would happen?)

- Importance of Surveillance cameras ( We have to rule out the necessities of a surveillance camera in Singapore, sure we can have a few surveillance cameras here and there, but not for every street or every district in Singapore.) 

What i'm trying to show is that it might be good for Paris and New York to have many CCT Surveillace Camera's it's not always right for a small country like Singapore to have that many CCT Surveillance cameras.

Thank you

Tun Zen