Monday, November 19, 2007

Cities Install Cameras To Prevent Public Sex - Why Not Put On A Show?

Seems like a lot of cities have the idea that they can put cameras in areas where people have public sex and stop the problem. Perhaps, but it does offer a possible secondary use. I am not a fan of public sex, I feel it places people in non-consensual situations and that goes against my grain. However, the use of surveillance cameras also bothers me. I would like to propose an entertaining and practical solution for both problems.

In communities where the cameras are installed, some enterprising performance artists, dancers, actors, etc, should take advantage of the free screen time, especially if these are posted online like those proposed in Miami, Fl. Why not find the cameras and at times when public sex is known to happen, put on a show for the surveillance cameras? Nothing pornographic or racy, just good old fashioned song and dance. If the cams are online, you have instant exposure, and your activity will deter any public sex. It might even entertain the police who watch hours and hours of dreary footage with nothing happening but a few shadowy figures involved in whatever constitutes that type of crime.

Whoever succeeds in this, please send me the video if you can get it. I would love to see this put into action as both a statement against the "big brother" aspects of the cameras and as a creative way of deterring public sex.

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