Apparently Britain has the most CCTV cameras in the
world. Apparently the average person is
captured over 300 times a day. We are
being watched and monitored and scrutinised in our daily lives. Now the issue of whether these ‘preventive
measures’ actually reduce crime or displace crime is contentious, but what I do
know is these cameras make me feel very uncomfortable. It highlights how we are in a society that
does not trust, builds an atmosphere of fear and reduces humanity to pixelated images
on a screen.
Fear creates fear.
Violence creates violence.
Suspicion creates suspicion.
The
tabloids shrieks in their headlines that each day you’re likely to be mugged,
murdered or molested. The Government
want to tighten its grip around our throats and squeeze the voice of reason
from us. Muffle us and marginalise us.
When did we become so afraid of our own shadow? Only the other day a colleague of mine got
worried about giving a customer a plaster just in case she wasn’t allowed. That may seem absurd, but we are watched in
our every move, we get worried about the smallest action
I long for the day when we understand community again and
aren’t afraid of fellow man and woman. I
long for the day when people are given the power to decide what’s good for
them. I long for the day when government
guides us and empowers us, not controls us.
Love creates love. Hope creates hope. Faith creates faith.
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