Comment by buran77

> the cameras weren't going to do any meaningful harm in Oak Park

> a lot of normal, reasonable people see these cameras as a very good thing

That sums up tptacek's "argumentation". It can be used to justify just about any type of surveillance. I mean does breaking E2EE and monitoring every communication really do any meaningful harm in Oak Park?

It really brings into focus how people who were raised in "good times" just can't wrap their heads around how easily the cookie can crumble into "bad times", and how people who found moderate success in their field believe they can now control everything. The kind of hubris that overrides any history lesson, or boiling frog fable.

And don't even get me started on what self-proclaimed "reasonable people" believe about other topics.

Contrast with the counter-arguments of what lies behind the curtain, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45476100

It was a good way to bring someone down a couple of (dozen) notches in my eyes. Not that it matters, this won't do any meaningful harm in Oak Park.