Still at the end we may just be (slave) workers in EUBLOCK - in a world dominated by 3 or 4 large power blocks like in 1984. And most people would never notice they were so in this setup as long as the Government gave then the modern equivalent of bread and circuses.
--- On Thu, 2/5/09, David Kitching <[email protected]> wrote: From: David Kitching <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Am I paranoid? To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 4:19 PM On 5 Feb 2009 at 16:07, Steve Haywood wrote: > 2009/2/5 Phil & Anne Irons ve1...@gmail. com > > > > After > > all, if you're behaving yourself, it shouldn't matter if Big Brother is > > looking over your shoulder, should it? > > > This is such a preposterous argument. It assumes that we all agree what > 'behaving yourself' is, and that we'll continue to believe that > indefinitely. But governments the world over and throughout history have > consistentlydemonst rated that they believe certain types of dissent come > under that heading. It's just how they choose to define dissent that > differs. > > You don't suddenly regain these liberties you've lost when you want them, > Phil. They aren't just there for when your government is the one that isn't > behaving itself. You have to hang onto them with every sinew in your body, > and it's often a painful business. But then they were won with pain too. And > a lot of blood. Thanks Steve, I was about to make exactly the same point. What the government considers to be behaving myself, and what I believe are likely to be quite different much of the time. Indeed, any form of protest against government actions/proposals would no doubt be considered misbehaviour by many of those in power. -- David Kitching http://www.brocross .com fearrmeox adlaþ brægen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
