Brits are sheeple
Sep 17th, 2006 by Mark
Yep, I said it. The brits are sheeple. They bitch and moan about Bush, while lying down for their own government’s intrusion into their own lives.
Big Brother Is Shouting At You
The system allows control room operators who spot any anti-social acts - from dropping litter to late-night brawls - to send out a verbal warning: ‘We are watching you’.
Who decides what is anti-social? What about illegal, do that not matter anymore?
He (former top cop and current Mayor, Ray Mallon. Yea that doesn’t smack of a police state! he said sarcastically) believes the talking cameras will dramatically cut not just anti-social behaviour, but violent crime, too.
And if the city centre scheme proves a success, it will be extended into residential areas.
How disgusting. They start in one area, gain acceptance (sheeple acquiescing), then say how much better things are with the whatzit; then they move them into areas that are clearly an invasion of privacy. Creeping incrementalism.
Law-abiding shopper Karen Margery, 40, was shocked to hear the speakers spring into action as she walked past them.
Afterwards she said: ‘It’s quite scary to realise that your every move could be monitored - it really is like Big Brother.
‘But Middlesbrough does have a big problem with anti-social behaviour, so it is very reassuring.’
How sad that a country is so spineless they let their own country to spy on them and find excuses for not adequately policing their country. Even more sad is the use of “it makes us safer” nonsense to excuse such egregious behavior. Sickening.
This reminds me of the so-called civil libertarians who claim America to be evil, while ignoring the behavior of: China, Korea, Saudi Arabia, the Taleban (Taliban), al Qaeda (al Qaida), Muslims (both countries and people), Russia, France, etc… and Britain.