Perhaps they do like it, I don't know. The brits I know hate it, but I don't have a finger on the pulse of the country, to be sure. Regardless, I find it creepy and fascist in the true meaning of the word.
Judah On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 6:26 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Uh, security cameras everywhere. Massive, massive surveillance >> apparatus. They have really serious problems around civil rights and >> individual liberty. > > I listened to a NPR (maybe the BBC) bit on this tonight of all things > - the thing is that many of the Brits think the whole "invasion of > privacy" line is secondary to the benefits of having a police presence > on every street corner. Additionally they see the police use of > "mosquito alarms" > (http://www.jumpjet.info/CEM/12/Shelter_Components/Ultra-Sonic_Teenager_Deterent_System.pdf > ) as a deterrent to "anti-social behaviour." > > Then again, these things aren't new - I found this article from 2006 > that sounds much like what I heard tonight > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-405477/Big-Brother-shouting-you.html > > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
