Comment Re:Loads of prior research has been done (Score 1) 947
Okay, and eating a little less.
Maybe a hint for the #2 country in the obesity rankings.
People should be this upset about the government doing this too. CCTV's are popping up everywhere, even in rural US cities.
As much as I would like to agree with you, I can't. The government does not video in my face, does not follow me around with a camera, and most of all: does not post these videos on Youtube.
Having said that: I am absolutely not in favour of CCTV surveillance but I can see its merits. Just recently, a group of youths, attacking and repeatedly kicking a man lyong on the ground, was arrested in the city of Eindhoven, the Netherlands because of being recognised on CCTV footage. I know it's a fine line between using CCTV footage to search for and arrest violators of the law and following just random people.
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.