From: "Kristin A. Ruhle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> first look on www.bayarea.com for the most recent by local (San
> Jose) technology columnist Dan Gillmor. He talks about how liberty (as he
> defines it) is being undermined in the UK by things like public
> surveillance cameras (having read The Transparent Society, I can't say I
> am agains this) andthe RIP law (which I think does go too far.)
That depends how the judges interpret it, within the confines
of the human rights act.
> I think he
> believes it is a slippery slopee and that the British are selling their
> freedom for what Gillmor says is temporary security. So are people in the
> UK selling themselves into a kind of serfdom? From the US perspective (if
> Gillmor speaks for most Americans, and I think he does) this is so. Do we
> have ANYONE from the UK on this list anymore? I think people in both
> countries should read his column.
>
I'm English.
I'd say the current government is too likely to give itself
excessive powers, but that Gillmor is overstating the case.
--
Robert
