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| A librarian leads a tour of a new library in my town. |
In the periodical room I paid little attention to the magazines. Instead I looked up at the ceiling. In a main room I ignored the novels. My attention focused on a peaked ceiling. In all the rooms I visited, my eyes drifted upward.
It wasn't ceilings per se that garnered my attention. Nor was it the things attached to them. Just the opposite. What amazed me was something I didn't see.
Surveillance cameras.
Imagine that, a public building constructed without cameras. To be sure, I spoke to the library director. She confirmed my observation. No cameras. No big brother. A respect for privacy.
In previous blogs, I've expressed outrage at our government's increasing surveillance of citizens. Touring that library injected me with a measure of hope. In some towns of America, constitutional freedoms are still respected.
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| Lights on ceiling. No cameras. |
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