"It makes it safe," says a boy wearing a baseball cap about close circuit television surveillance on the streets. "If something happens, help can get there quickly." Other young people also say they have no problem with being observed continually.

Camera surveillance is one of the best ways to tackle crime, thinks Christian Democrat MP Sybrand van Haersma Buma. "Cameras are less invasive than a police officer would be in all the places where cameras are located." The Christian Democrat politician thinks that would lead to more irritation.

Leader of the Democrats D66 Party Alexander Pechtold is glad that cameras are watching while he withdraws money from an ATM. But he is against increasing camera surveillance in night clubs for example. Two young men sitting in a roadside café have a different reason to object to camera surveillance.