Heard this story on the radio about a week ago and decided to check up on it.
Basically, anyone with a laptop computer can access the CCTV cameras that are scattered along the streets of Britain, allowing these people to 'catch' criminals, and be awarded 1,000 pounds for their services. It sounds like a swell idea but that would mean anything that you do on the streets, is being watched.
Imagine a pair of lecherous eyes stalking you wherever you walk through the streets of London, all in the name of 'surveillance'. I totally would not mind if this was governed by the law enforcement, but allowing the common man to watch anything and everything that happens on the streets is just going too far.
Anyone can become an armchair voyeur with this new system. It just brings to mind two questions:
1. What is the police force in Britain doing? Do they really have that much crime that such pathetic measures have to come to play so that they can do their jobs properly?
2. What ever happened to privacy? As though social media isn't bad enough, now we have eyes on the streets that is connected to the interwebs for all-easy access?
If this actually becomes successful, other countries will start adopting this and we will have everyone, watching everything.
Is this what the future holds?
Think about it.
Here is the link to the full story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6943YJ20101005
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Love + The Passing of MM Lee's Wife.
Hello interwebs,
It has been in the news for nearly a week and lots of people have been talking about the passing of MM Lee's wife, so here is what I think.
To me, it was the worst news I have heard since Michael Jackson passed away. MM Lee's relationship with his wife, it is really beyond words. 62 years this couple has been together, it is really amazing by anyone's standards.
This man turned Singapore from a fishing island to a full-fledged nation at such a phenomenal speed and this woman was supporting him in the background. Like all couples, they would have had their problems. However, the strength of their love and understanding is something that is sadly missed in the current generation. May her soul rest in peace.
Talking about love, how many people in Singapore really know the meaning of it? In fact, what does most of the world know about love? Is it something that is filled puppies and butterflies and flying heart-shaped balloons? Hearts racing and sweaty palms? Or is there some deeper meaning or purpose behind this elusive feeling? Here is my take on it.
How many people can sincerely tell me that they can stand by their man/woman through all grit and blood? I would say a minimal population. Yes, when two souls meet, it all seems well in the beginning. Yet somehow that fluttering feeling in the chest leaves after sometimes. Couples split, sometimes amicably, sometimes in tears. Some can move on, some linger in the past. What happened to the one-man-one-woman culture? Has westernization screwed up our sense of commitment as well? The staggering rise in divorce and separation numbers are simply disturbing.
Think about it people. What happens to all those words and promises that you make when you are 'madly in love'? Why is it so easy to simply split if you can't agree upon something or you lose that feeling anymore? Have we become that selfish that we only think about ourselves and stop thinking about our partners when the going gets tough? If the feeling of love can somehow magically manifest and dissipate in couples, surely it can resurface again. For many of us, it just takes a few incidents to decide that this person is not for us.
Sometimes, it takes is time and communication to repair it. Other times, all it takes is belief.
Think about it.
It has been in the news for nearly a week and lots of people have been talking about the passing of MM Lee's wife, so here is what I think.
To me, it was the worst news I have heard since Michael Jackson passed away. MM Lee's relationship with his wife, it is really beyond words. 62 years this couple has been together, it is really amazing by anyone's standards.
This man turned Singapore from a fishing island to a full-fledged nation at such a phenomenal speed and this woman was supporting him in the background. Like all couples, they would have had their problems. However, the strength of their love and understanding is something that is sadly missed in the current generation. May her soul rest in peace.
Talking about love, how many people in Singapore really know the meaning of it? In fact, what does most of the world know about love? Is it something that is filled puppies and butterflies and flying heart-shaped balloons? Hearts racing and sweaty palms? Or is there some deeper meaning or purpose behind this elusive feeling? Here is my take on it.
How many people can sincerely tell me that they can stand by their man/woman through all grit and blood? I would say a minimal population. Yes, when two souls meet, it all seems well in the beginning. Yet somehow that fluttering feeling in the chest leaves after sometimes. Couples split, sometimes amicably, sometimes in tears. Some can move on, some linger in the past. What happened to the one-man-one-woman culture? Has westernization screwed up our sense of commitment as well? The staggering rise in divorce and separation numbers are simply disturbing.
Think about it people. What happens to all those words and promises that you make when you are 'madly in love'? Why is it so easy to simply split if you can't agree upon something or you lose that feeling anymore? Have we become that selfish that we only think about ourselves and stop thinking about our partners when the going gets tough? If the feeling of love can somehow magically manifest and dissipate in couples, surely it can resurface again. For many of us, it just takes a few incidents to decide that this person is not for us.
Sometimes, it takes is time and communication to repair it. Other times, all it takes is belief.
Think about it.
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