content: I'd be more accepting of surveillance if  No 'if's. There are no scenarios where surveillance is helpful to us in the long run. If enough people thought like you, they'd sell it to us as the latest tool for catching violent criminals / niggers / whatever, then turn it on us once it became ubiquitous. People like you that sell out conditionally remind me of that old joke, goes something like this:  Man: would you sleep with me if I paid you a million dollars? Woman: of course! Man: I've only got a fifty. Woman: who do you think I am?! Man: we've already established that, now we're simply haggling over the price.