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UK Hackers Face Antisocial Behaviour Orders
ukhackster writes "The UK government has proposed that suspected cybercriminals could be banned from the Internet or have their PCs seized, even if they've not been convicted. These so-called Asbos have typically been used against teenage hoodlums or small-time crooks, but now they're gunning for organised criminals." From the article: "Asbos give the courts almost unlimited powers when imposing conditions on the person receiving the order. Under the Home Office proposals, the courts would have almost unlimited discretion to impose the order if they believe it probable that a suspect had 'acted in a way which facilitated or was likely to facilitate the commissioning of serious crime.' In a civil court, hearsay is admissible evidence, and the burden of proof is lighter than criminal courts."
This watering-down of rights amounts to treason, nothing more or less. It's a violation of the spirit of British law from the Magna Carta forward, and will serve to destroy Britain in the long run.
Wait... doesn't Britain still have the death penalty for treason? Bring on the ropes and blindfolds, please. Cromwell was exhumed, hanged, drawn, and quartered two years after he died. Perhaps it's time to resume this fine tradition upon the current scoundrels in government. But ... they're not dead yet... well, hanging and quartering tends to correct that!
This almost make you long for the days when the monarchy and the House of Lords were stronger. At least they knew their boundaries for the most part.
-b.
I have lost all hope for any government/corporate respect for freedom. It MAKES NO DIFFERENCE what part of the world or in what country people live, it will all be the same. The government and corporate powers that be are determined to use EVERY ONE of us as "human resources." That is what we are to the elite, resources. When one unit becomes "faulty" it is simply discarded and replaced. People have become mere merchandise. People turn to corporate religion for answers, and these corporate institutions (for the most part) only preach adherance to the policy, "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar," they forget to mention the part about "Giving to YHWH what belongs to YHWH." Hint, I'm not talking about throwing away even more money into the church coffers. What I'm talking about is one studying Scripture for one's self and forgetting the bullshit that is taught in the churches. I support many other methods (even ones I have proposed) of restoring freedom, however, most of these have weaknesses. Some of these other methods are listed below:
1. Voting for alternative parties and candidates:
The population as a whole is too ignorant and brainwashed to even consider doing this. Most of the people I have tried to convince to do this are simply stuck on the "Lessor of 2 Evils" strategy, and the thought that an alternative candidate "has no chance of winning." The public may come around if things get bad enough, but the fact that companies such as Diebold and others (as well as possibly corrupt employees) control the electronic voting systems may very well nullify any attempt to oust the corrupt mainstream parties. There are no paper trails with most of these types of election systems. Voting machines have been shown to be vulnearble to hacking, and even though such attacks were done from the inside, it is still shown to be possible.
2. Massive civil disobediance:
The population in "developed countries" are simply too comfortable to go along with this one. When civil disobedience reaches a certain level, the governments will simply imposed draconian penalties that people will simply do anything to avoid. Such draconian penalties may include long prison terms, the theft of all property of dissenters, and so on. The government-corporate powers that be now control most of the population's food supply, so people will likely cave to government-cartel demands. Even when the population succeeds, the government will only be replaced by another corrupt system. An example of this are the governments of Eastern Europe. Even though "communism" has been overthrown, the resulting government is run with strong influence of organized crime, human trafficking, etc.
3. Revolution:
The overthrow of any government is not a pretty thing. If and when things become bad enough, people tend to do this, and in many cases, they succeed. However in most cases, the overthrown government is usually replaced by another corrupt government where people of the same ideology (elitism) tend to come back into power. Revolution also comes at a very high cost such as loss of family members, friends, homes, etc. A prime example of this is the government of the United States of America. Many families urned against their own, and American fighters paid a dear price. Even though the reolution succeeded in ousting a repressive government, the resulting freedom only lasted for a little more than a century. The U.S. like most other countries are either police states or rapidly in the process of becoming a police state.
The reason why I suggest the Scriptural approach is because Scripures contain tried and true methods of dealing with repressive governments. Much of the first 5 books deal with setting up a solid government and the establishment of a justice system, welfare system as well as an agricultural system. The Messianic Scripure shows which laws were fulfilled (animal sacrifice, ceremonial laws) and which ones are still in effect. Other scripture tells of ways to free repressive forces and differe