Drones flying around American soil.

[lockedout]

Boston Police Ed Davis Wants Drones For Next Marathon.
If this happens then every major event will have drones flying.
Sounds expensive and when do you draw the line?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3169613.html

Do you support drones flying around every major event in America?

[This name sucks]

Why not?

Its not like you have anything to hide.

[blackblade]

Boston Police Ed Davis Wants Drones For Next Marathon.
If this happens then every major event will have drones flying.
Sounds expensive and when do you draw the line?

Do you support drones flying around every major event in America?

What would a drone accomplish that a security camera wont?

[Zogarth]

Only reason not to have them would be the cost of having them...

Edit: I assume it is the non-combat ones.

[Xyonai]

If they're for security and arn't armed, I don't have an issue. Non-combat drones -do- exist.

[Wilian]

Why not?

Its not like you have anything to hide.

Bit by bit, like frogs in a water slowly warming up to a boiling point.

[Olo]

Cheaper than police helicopters. Not sure how effective they are in an urban setting but I don't have any moral objection.

[Darsithis]

Why not?

Its not like you have anything to hide.

That doesn't mean that every bit of my privacy deserves scrutiny by the government. I shouldn't live in fear that I might say or do the wrong thing. We're trading our freedom for security, bit by bit, until we have nothing left but a perfect police state.

[Faroth]

Bit by bit, like frogs in a water slowly warming up to a boiling point.

Yep.

It's not just 1984, here we come, it's "Oh God, yes, please, I need an Orwellian Big Brother police state watching every thing I do! PLEASE! DO IT NOW!"

[This name sucks]

That doesn't mean that every bit of my privacy deserves scrutiny by the government. I shouldn't live in fear that I might say or do the wrong thing. We're trading our freedom for security, bit by bit, until we have nothing left but a perfect police state.

You sound like you have something to hide.

[Deleted]

As tragic as the Boston marathon was, I think it would be excessive to pour so much money into drones. If nothing else, I think it would make people feel less settled and more on edge seeing, or at least knowing, that the military has aircraft flying about for their protection, when there never used to be.

[Gemini Sunrise]

You sound like you have something to hide.

No, there's just little point in setting them up, when security cameras could do the job just as well (with the added benefit of not needing a person to fly each one).

[Wilian]

You sound like you have something to hide.

I know I have plenty to hide. Maybe nothing illegal but it's still my life and no one else should have right to track it for any reason.

[Mulderfox]

I think it's better to deal with the problem at hand than to refuse to do so for fear of a fictional problem that MIGHT occur.

[Olo]

As tragic as the Boston marathon was, I think it would be excessive to pour so much money into drones. If nothing else, I think it would make people feel less settled and more on edge seeing, or at least knowing, that the military has aircraft flying about for their protection, when there never used to be.

Why would they be military drones?

[Deleted]

Someone please tell me the difference between a drone and a police helicopter?

[Sinndra]

im not doing anything illegal, so i dont have anything to hide. but my question is, how likely is it that a drone would have foiled their plan? people stood right there and watched these guys.. and nobody realized what they were doing until it was too late. whats worse.. we had all sorts of cameras from press coverage, there isnt anything else a drone coulda done.

do we need drones at events? not really, because they cant do anything to prevent, they can only attempt to discourage. and when somebody is that determined to bring others harm, a silly drone flying around isnt gonna stop them.

[Swiftyshammy]

Why is this even important?

[Xyonai]

Bit by bit, like frogs in a water slowly warming up to a boiling point.

While I do agree that the 'Nothing to hide' argument is a piece of crap, I don't quite agree that this will lead to any kind of slippery slope. Granted, with what happened during the Boston bombing I'm not sure a drone would've been able to pick up the two leaving the backpacks since so many other people were carrying them (Unless they plan on banning Backpacks in the future, which I could see as a possibility)

[Olo]

Someone please tell me the difference between a drone and a police helicopter?

besides a drone being cheaper, less expensive to operate, and having a much greater loiter time?