Heidi’s Reviews > We See It All: Liberty and Justice in an Age of Perpetual Surveillance > Status Update

Interesting how he looks at surveillance of protests as a deterrent to first amendment right to peacefully assemble.. it brings up all kinds of thoughts. Does that mean surveillance of peaceful organizers(thinking of various Black liberation groups) is in itself a rights violation before they've even made the arrest or especially if they haven't made an arrest? Also, maybe I need more privacy screens for my yard.

"If not being subject to an eternally vigilant network of cameras every time I walk down a street means that I might occasionally have an infinitesimally higher chance of being mugged or assaulted, I'll accept that risk." He's speaking from the community least at risk of being mugged or assaulted. I'm not sure I disagree with him, but his dismissal rankles. Contrarian: sexual assault conviction rate is troubling.

Fundamental disagreement with this approach "Built into any humane system of laws is a contradiction. On one hand, we want laws to be enforced fairly and objectively. It offends our sense of justice when one person gets away with something for which another is punished. On the other hand, we want some space for disobedience." He resists surveillance bc endangers disobedience vs resistance to unnecessary obedience.