> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Nolan > Sent: Friday, 12 May 2006 1:00 PM > > data matching is a very powerful tool to control the > citizenry - think > what would happen if it was in the hands of a government with the > morality and ideology of the National socialist party. > What is the endpoint to such endeavors? A totally rigid dystopic > society where every misdemeanor or crime no matter how trivial is > detected and punished, (you guys in Victoria know about that when it > comes to speed cameras), And what about the injustices > brought about by errors?
Horst Herb's favourite film Brazil starts with just one such error that leads to an innocent citizen's life being destroyed. That film still gives me nightmares. Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens South Australia 5086 Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
