Comments on: Have A Peek at Antigua Guatemala’s Security Camera Surveillance System

By: Rudy

Rudy — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:59:00 +0000

These are very good and valid points Begonia. Thanks for bring them forward.

By: begonia

begonia — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:29:00 +0000

Only someone who lives in a country that with relative security would argue so passionately for “freedom” from governmental authority.

I think Guatemalans–and other people who live in countries where the justice system is shaky–would argue that the far greater threat to their “freedom” is crime. Guatemala NEEDS a stronger justice authority, so that citizens there can enjoy the freedoms that you take for granted: Freedom to walk around at night without fear of ladrones or asaltos; freedom to carry something valuable without fear of it being stolen; and freedom to leave your windows without iron bars and your walls without barbed wire across the top.

Once I (a woman) can confidently go for a run at night around Antigua (something I do frequently here in the US), then I will feel more “free” in Guatemala.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Hi, thanks for the awesome trivia about the etymology of the word cop. Believe it or not, I was just thinking about that a couple of days ago. I kind of agree with you that something is being lost, but not sure it is liberty or freedom, privacy perhaps, but the other. Although, if surveillance cameras represent the loss of liberty and freedom, then I believe NO ONE in the world is standing for those rights since Antigua Guatemala is a late comer to the cities of the world with security camera surveillance systems.

By: BeNotEntangled

BeNotEntangled — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:50:00 +0000

All in the name of “safety”…I’m sure. So sad that no one stands up for liberty and freedom anymore.

Did you know the word “cop” stands for constable on patrol? He was the one who would walk around a neighborhood and when he saw something that didn’t look right, he would blow his whistle and the citizens would come running with guns in their hands.

Life, liberty and property are so related that the deprivation of any one right, may lessen or extinguish the value of the others. They are coequal in nature.

Stand and defend, or sit and be slaves.