Speed Cameras
An example of the persecution of truth.
A few years ago the UK government introduced traffic speed cameras The cameras automatically catch on film pictures of speeding cars as they pass through Britain’s roads. But they didn’t prove entirely popular. They worked well in catching speeding motorists, but some people didn’t like them. Not all of the cameras have film in, but enough of them do to make the motorist slow down, just in case the camera is active. The image of the car is recorded, its owner identified from the licence plate and a fine of £60 is imposed.
It is pretty much impossible for a motorist to argue against the evidence, once they have been caught, and accepting the fine is the sensible option. After all, they say the camera never lies. If people drive within the speed limits then nobody would ever get caught for speeding. The cameras were successful in making people slow down, but curiously, although the cameras made the roads safer, there was an uproar in the country about their introduction. They were deemed to be “an abuse of public liberty”, “dangerous” and so on. This is the same persecution of truth described throughout this site. The cameras were soundly hated; even the national media published articles of vitriolic malevolence. They were even physically attacked. In early 2004 one was actually destroyed with dynamite! But why? How could the cameras have done anything so bad to deserve such treatment? Not only are they inanimate objects, but the job they are doing is the reporting of truth. There were accusations that they were being used to generate money for the government. This was a completely vacuous argument thrown into the persecuting melting pot for good measure. This was an attempt to portray the cameras as the source of the badness - the same way as bad people persecute the good by attempting to assassinate the good person’s character. If the complainants don’t want the government to gain money then all they have to do is drive responsibly, within the speed limit.
A few years ago the UK government introduced traffic speed cameras The cameras automatically catch on film pictures of speeding cars as they pass through Britain’s roads. But they didn’t prove entirely popular. They worked well in catching speeding motorists, but some people didn’t like them. Not all of the cameras have film in, but enough of them do to make the motorist slow down, just in case the camera is active. The image of the car is recorded, its owner identified from the licence plate and a fine of £60 is imposed.
It is pretty much impossible for a motorist to argue against the evidence, once they have been caught, and accepting the fine is the sensible option. After all, they say the camera never lies. If people drive within the speed limits then nobody would ever get caught for speeding. The cameras were successful in making people slow down, but curiously, although the cameras made the roads safer, there was an uproar in the country about their introduction. They were deemed to be “an abuse of public liberty”, “dangerous” and so on. This is the same persecution of truth described throughout this site. The cameras were soundly hated; even the national media published articles of vitriolic malevolence. They were even physically attacked. In early 2004 one was actually destroyed with dynamite! But why? How could the cameras have done anything so bad to deserve such treatment? Not only are they inanimate objects, but the job they are doing is the reporting of truth. There were accusations that they were being used to generate money for the government. This was a completely vacuous argument thrown into the persecuting melting pot for good measure. This was an attempt to portray the cameras as the source of the badness -
The cameras expose truth, and therefore they expose the truth that some people are bad. Some people do not value other people’s lives sufficiently; they drive fast because they are selfish and want to get quickly to their destination without consideration for other people’s lives. Speed is dangerous; it threatens other people; it is an act of badness. And when the witness sees the bad, the witness is deliberately intimidated. The witness of truth is persecuted. The one who is punished is the one who was innocent. Not only that, but as is so often the case, it is the caring part of the equation - the camera - which is persecuted. If humanity is to move forward we need to become more conscious of the persecution of truth and good, and we need to act to stop it. Blaming the good ones is not going to save a soul. Persecution happens to traffic cameras, it happened to Lennon, Gandhi, Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Darwin, Martin Luther King, Galileo, Nelson Mandela, and many others. The way for us to grow and to find happiness is to find the courage to embrace truth. We could at least support those who care for us...
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