mrjamwin wrote:ProfessorDreadNaught wrote:This thread is so one dimensional. Entertaining, but you don't employ enough critical thinking to find the UNDERLYING issues. What does the law do? Think of ALL the advantages and disadvantages that come from implementing (or just proposing) such a law. Brainstorm and try listing them. This thread could REALLY get somewhere.
One reason for the law no one has brought up, but I think it has a HUGE hidden psychological effect: "Those people are allowed to hide from Big Brother!"
Everywhere you go, especially in tourist heavy Western Europe, Big Brother is watching. Video Cameras are everywhere. Automatic weapon wielding police and para-military watch the comings and goings of countless up-standing citizens. Why do these mainly good law-abiding folk have to be subjected to such scrutiny and invasions of personal privacy? For security. Is anyone exempt from this invasion? Hmmmm.
THAT is the reason this bill was passed (and that it passed by a majority vote). Subtle psychology.
You are bonafide idiot. That is not the reason the bill was passed. When will you get your arrogant head out of your butt O'Great One? Talking down to the people here accusing us of one dimensional thinking as if you're capable of anything more.
Blah, blah, blah. Why don't you try it (listing reasons why and why not) instead of poo-pooing my idea out of a perceived slight to your intelligence. I'm not saying that anyone isn't smart enough, just that it hasn't been done yet. And anyone who thinks that this thread has run its course (because you've explored all the reasons for the laws passage) is thinking one dimensionally.