From: pchaston (pchaston@supanet.com)
Date: Sun Apr 14 2002 - 08:53:18 MDT
James Rogers [mailto:jamesr@best.com] wrote:
So while you are sitting back in your comfy chair reviewing the video of
the soldier's actions in battle, you have to take into consideration
that the soldier may have no sensory perception beyond the center of his
field of vision and that his high-level decision making functions may be
completely offline at that moment, and that this is an involuntary
condition.
### This is very interesting. Certainly, when combat data is analyzed,
allowances have to be made. However, combat cameras (or their
absence) would be quite useful in providing clues to deliberate and improper
actions, like lining prisoners against a wall and shooting them. If both
sides provide encrypted views, certain types of inconsistencies (like
missing data from an area where the other side broadcasts views of mass
executions, removing cameras from POW's, delayed transmission indicative of
real-time image manipulation) could be very valuable and might severely
cramp the style of any despot.
Rafal
Perhaps the best way forward with contemporary technology is the
dissemination of cheap disposable cameras to warzones so that trapped
civilians, if they are brave enough, can record their experiences and
possible human rights violations and smuggle images to independent press
organisations. With enough of these, no civilised army would risk its honour
if its behaviour were to emblazon front pages and television screens in the
West.
Philip Chaston
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