On 28/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Whilst were are at it, every room in the Houses of Parliament > should be on CCTV, transmitted online 24 hours a day. And > Number 10. And all the Ministry's.
This is _so_ unlikely, because a lot of politicians are (and I mean this in a factual way, not a derogative way, because this is true for everyone in the specialist economies that underpin civilisation) pretty ignorant about many things - science, say - and having the private meetings where scientific advisers give GCSE-level explanations to top brass made public would be incredibly embarrassing. Embarrassing powerful people doesn't happen much. However, having said all that, don't get me wrong... > It sickens me that they put up all those cameras to monitor us, and yet we > can't monitor them back. > The political process is transparent, but sadly it's a one-way mirror. ...I am in total agreement that this kind of thing is a good idea, and think sousveillance is the counterweight to "Big Brother" problems. http://www.google.hr/search?q=police+abuse -- Regards, Dave (Personal opinion only!) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
