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62. The key to performance art is to quit while you're ahead.

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Tue May 7, 2013, 09:33 AM

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With full and proper security & cameras- the 3 kidnapped women found yesterday [View all] graham4anything May 2013 OP

Welcome to the brave new world of G4A, where everyone has to live in Gitmo. hobbit709 May 2013 #1

I just shake my head in sorrow and sigh. graham4anything May 2013 #8

Evidently you are the one that doesn't understand freedom and liberty. hobbit709 May 2013 #11

My Jewish mother was kicked out of Austria because a drone didn't drop on Hitler graham4anything May 2013 #14

to take your non sequitur points in order. hobbit709 May 2013 #15

My mother born in Austria is Jewish and you bought Austria into the conversation. graham4anything May 2013 #18

you seem to have an inability to answer the questions asked but always misdirect instead. hobbit709 May 2013 #19

Geeeeeeeeeez dude, premium May 2013 #49

Any society that would give up a little security to gain a little liberty baldguy May 2013 #50

I never patented my inventions. I never enforced copyright on any of my works. Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #166

HA! Backwards Franklin! baldguy May 2013 #167

Real freedom and real security are indeed intertwined. Giving government the ability to monitor Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #171

. baldguy May 2013 #172

I'll have what you're smoking. WinkyDink May 2013 #81

Gish Gallop blm May 2013 #92

"kicked out of"? As for Hitler: The Allies NEVER bombed the rail-lines, so mull THAT one over. WinkyDink May 2013 #80

Funny you mentioned this... KansDem May 2013 #100

And even with defeat imminent, the Nazis kept the camp-trains moving. WinkyDink May 2013 #128

BUT HITLER WOULD HAVE HAD THE CAMERAS. Oops! Flaw in your plan. WinkyDink May 2013 #87

We are fighting against the world of Orwell's 1984. kestrel91316 May 2013 #104

Correction: "everyone has to live in Gitmo for their own protection." /nt demwing May 2013 #101

I was discussing this earlier Riftaxe May 2013 #2

Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michele Knight were found alive...(link to story inc.) graham4anything May 2013 #6

thanks! nt Riftaxe May 2013 #12

Let's put a camera in your bedroom. trumad May 2013 #3

Another one? pinboy3niner May 2013 #4

How about cameras implanted into everyone's forehead? Turborama May 2013 #7

Yet people pay $100s to have GPS in their cars and mapquest on their computers graham4anything May 2013 #10

So, what are you saying? that forehead-cams and microchipping kids isn't a bad idea? n/t Turborama May 2013 #20

wellness is in. Cigarettes, 48 ounce sugar rushes & guns, bullets are out graham4anything May 2013 #21

That doesn't make any sense. n/t Turborama May 2013 #23

NONE of G4A's posts do. hobbit709 May 2013 #24

He is due his beer and travel money!! madinmaryland May 2013 #126

Where has azmom May 2013 #146

Welcome to DU! madinmaryland May 2013 #150

Thanks azmom May 2013 #158

Isn't it obvious? pinboy3niner May 2013 #25

Some see what they want to see and disregard the rest, la la la '(c) paul simon graham4anything May 2013 #42

You forget that Simon also wrote 'The Dangling Conversation' pinboy3niner May 2013 #48

I see a bridge and someone who resides under it. nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #170

He never does. premium May 2013 #51

I recommend the absurdist dressing JHB May 2013 #91

Can we please get g4a LondonReign2 May 2013 #84

Damn TheFutureWillCome May 2013 #106

Welcome to DU pinboy3niner May 2013 #109

thanks TheFutureWillCome May 2013 #143

Eggs Benedict Recipe uppityperson May 2013 #161

and some of us can actually make discerning judgments, dearie. cali May 2013 #32

It then appears many people still cherish the ability to choose, LanternWaste May 2013 #71

Yes, there are those WHO CHOOSE TO DO THESE THINGS. KEY WORD: CHOICE. WinkyDink May 2013 #83

Okay glass... nt rrneck May 2013 #123

It was how that caught that traitorous Winston Smith. n/t Chan790 May 2013 #16

But he learned to love Big Brother. A happy ending. riqster May 2013 #36

Only fair, we've had a camera in yours for a month, easy demwing May 2013 #111

Who knew he'd scream like that in the throes of passion? pinboy3niner May 2013 #114

I'm sure he'd been more than willing to share that with everyone. alarimer May 2013 #133

We need door to door searches of every house!! RandiFan1290 May 2013 #5

And thorough, full body cavity searches of everybody pinboy3niner May 2013 #9

If we just surrender all rights to the state we can have ice cream every day. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #13

...and chocolate rations. That's doubleplusgood! n/t Chan790 May 2013 #17

I think you should lead the way pintobean May 2013 #22

+1 cali May 2013 #33

You need to rethink this. Cameras have not prevented bank robberies or Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #26

Are you sure that quote wasn't from Bing Crosby? pinboy3niner May 2013 #28

Now that you mention it....... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #31

No. It was Bill Cosby. tblue May 2013 #113

Ben Franklin said- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Better quote. graham4anything May 2013 #38

bullshit. he most certainly was NOT fucking talking about drones and cameras, pumpkin cali May 2013 #41

Yes, he was talking about it. And his temporary security was guns/bullets he was against graham4anything May 2013 #43

Don't you ever get tired of being wrong? premium May 2013 #54

He's a performance artist of a sort JHB May 2013 #94

Absurd! n/t Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #44

it's Benny and the Jets, Jets=drones. graham4anything May 2013 #45

And 'Who'll Stop the Rain' = nukes pinboy3niner May 2013 #65

who also said according to most people "there on the bathroom on the right" graham4anything May 2013 #66

I personally heard him sing the line, "There's a bathroom on the right" at several concerts pinboy3niner May 2013 #74

Bullshit! I have it on good authority that it was Bing Crosby who said that! pinboy3niner May 2013 #52

A killing DRONE = "an OUNCE of prevention"? WinkyDink May 2013 #85

You my friend and your ideas are everything he was against Arcanetrance May 2013 #122

the use of the false linkage of the year expands into a new realm HereSince1628 May 2013 #57

and the 2nd part of that statement you reply too, that poster also is wrong proven by Boston graham4anything May 2013 #64

Suuure. Every criminal in London is now caught. Right. WinkyDink May 2013 #86

Good idea! Let's end lawyer-client privilege too. MannyGoldstein May 2013 #27

+1 idwiyo May 2013 #37

The ACLU got Oliver North and any discussion of Iran/Contra off. graham4anything May 2013 #40

Like your rights are gone, yet you post thousands of times on an international board graham4anything May 2013 #46

See Manny? LondonReign2 May 2013 #89

I will consider myself schooled. MannyGoldstein May 2013 #108

gad. disgusting. your post is frightening in its eagerness cali May 2013 #29

Do you really think he believes the crap he spews? Hassin Bin Sober May 2013 #53

I'm starting to suspect its all an elaborate piece of performance art LondonReign2 May 2013 #96

lol cali May 2013 #99

I see this suggestion has gone over like a lead balloon. LOL reformist2 May 2013 #30

alas, that never ever gives the poster pause. cali May 2013 #34

99 Red Balloons=Anthrax! JHB May 2013 #98

This is just silly, Are you posting this type of stuff boston bean May 2013 #35

!!! Heidi May 2013 #61

I was trying to be non-confrontational today! boston bean May 2013 #63

You gotta cut that out, b b! Heidi May 2013 #67

We all got to mix it up sometimes, no? boston bean May 2013 #70

Indeed! Heidi May 2013 #73

same here! boston bean May 2013 #110

of course among other things, this post is fucking ridiculous cali May 2013 #39

Cameras in public places, yes. But 'cameras everywhere' is too much. randome May 2013 #47

I always thought I knew who you were. NCTraveler May 2013 #55

I think he's a cross of LoZo and Random Thoughts. hobbit709 May 2013 #59

Even Random Thoughts seemed to have a purpose. NCTraveler May 2013 #68

Naw, more iverglas + Random Thoughts. Dr. Strange May 2013 #124

EGADS!! A cross between... madinmaryland May 2013 #127

Not likely. Dr. Strange May 2013 #131

Yeah. There are a brazilian reasons why that would never happen!! madinmaryland May 2013 #134

Don't forget the Bloomberg fetish, hero worship. oneshooter May 2013 #162

Huh? madinmaryland May 2013 #165

My mistake. oneshooter May 2013 #168

Not vicious enough for iverglas. hobbit709 May 2013 #144

With full and proper security & cameras Anne Frank wouldn't ever have made it into hiding Fumesucker May 2013 #56

Or nothing at all would have changed. LanternWaste May 2013 #58

I notice your screen name isn't your full name Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #60

The key to performance art is to quit while you're ahead. Brickbat May 2013 #62

That may be the key to distinguishing a performance artist from a Heidi May 2013 #69

Indeed. Brickbat May 2013 #72

I think what we're seeing here Heidi May 2013 #77

Still going at it... Brickbat May 2013 #82

Sadly not. He passed away last year after a major stroke. Turborama May 2013 #117

Yeah, I know. But he's Forever In Our Hearts. Brickbat May 2013 #119

And GPS microchips! Courtesy Flush May 2013 #75

Maybe Mayor Bloomberg would have an even larger data base of pics and names.... Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #76

Remember Jaycee Lee Dugard? Courtesy Flush May 2013 #78

LONDON: "Tens of thousands of CCTV cameras, yet 80% of crime unsolved" WinkyDink May 2013 #79

It worked perfectly in New Orleans. bluedigger May 2013 #88

What the paranoid anti-security morons fail to comprehend baldguy May 2013 #90

Anticipating advances in technology is so moronic Fumesucker May 2013 #105

The time to develop the rules for using this technology is *NOW*. baldguy May 2013 #142

"....shivers in fear...." Iggo May 2013 #93

At some point, DU admins must step in and act to eliminate disruptors pinboy3niner May 2013 #95

I think a better option would be if you ignore the posts that seem nonsensical. randome May 2013 #97

A good ATA question. n/t Gormy Cuss May 2013 #138

I have no problem with individuals having security cameras gvstn May 2013 #102

I don't want to live in a world where Big Brother is kestrel91316 May 2013 #103

people speak about freedom bobduca May 2013 #107

There were witnesses to the Berry abduction... SidDithers May 2013 #112

This is a joke, right? liberalmuse May 2013 #115

He's a caricature. We're having our collective legs pulled. X_Digger May 2013 #147

Im not sure if you're a perfomance artist or a troll demwing May 2013 #116

Perfomance Troll or a Trolling Performer? oneshooter May 2013 #163

With proper surveillance of your liquor cabinet, this ill-considered post might have been avoided. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #118

lmao SammyWinstonJack May 2013 #135

If it saves just one life...And I would be against this, but then people will yell libertarian The Straight Story May 2013 #120

Stalin lives! nt Zorra May 2013 #121

This has to be satire. Right? Safetykitten May 2013 #125

there was a book, I recal, hmmm... Locrian May 2013 #129

Bullshit alarimer May 2013 #130

Masterfull trolling. I salute you sir. nt Demo_Chris May 2013 #132

Elizabeth Smart was many times in full view of people in Salt Lake City, Cleita May 2013 #136

if one is out in public, there is NO right to privacy graham4anything May 2013 #140

In Austria, after the Anschluss, the new government was very fond of surveillance. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #149

Again, I am Jewish. America is NOT Austria, as much as the extremists which to say it is graham4anything May 2013 #156

And, the Austrians probably said Austria wasn't Germany. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #157

With all due respect and kindness.... steve2470 May 2013 #137

Whatever happened to the unrec feature? lpbk2713 May 2013 #139

that's great! PD Turk May 2013 #141

Well, I gotta say, your ideas are certainly premium May 2013 #145

Wow. Is this a deliberate flame post? Matariki May 2013 #148

Dash cam in every car, on every gun, with police access to your images Coyotl May 2013 #151

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #152

WOW, you sure are a pro with those smilies and throwing attacks at DUers for a n00b. PeaceNikki May 2013 #153

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #154

Even better yet SirRevolutionary May 2013 #155

K&R for all the replies to this OP. I concur, G4A is due his beer and travel money. txwhitedove May 2013 #159

I stopped reading at cameras everywhere. rl6214 May 2013 #160

It didn't get any better. oneshooter May 2013 #164

They shoot horses, don't they? Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #169

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl May 2013 #173

It amuses me greatly to see how many people have been taken in by this fine piece of satire Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #174