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Police Shame Pranksters On YouTube
Barence writes "British police are shaming hoax 999 callers and time-wasters on YouTube in an effort to cut down on non-emergency calls. Video clips uploaded include a lady phoning police to ask what year the internet started, the dramatic tale of a man whose wife would only provide salmon sandwiches for lunch, and another worried soul who had lost her glasses and could not see properly to peel potatoes. Anyone else think the chance of YouTube fame is more likely to encourage copycats than educate people about the wrongs of hoax calling?"
I see no reason why these calls should be placed on line. I would expect them to respect my privacy, but instead they post in online without my consent. So will we now hear a message like 'this call can be recorded for training purposes, oh and we might also post it on the Intertubes'.
No matter if this is legal or not, it is something that should just be 'not done'. I for sure know then when I see somebody in an emergency, I will think twice before I call and most likely decide my privacy is more worth then the life of some kid.
So obviously they have not thought this through. Please think of the children!
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
Scratch that list, here's my replacement:
- Thinking you know best how everyone should behave and having the gall to push for legislation to force everyone to conform to your ideas.
Please, closet fascists and power junkies, go ahead and create the totalitarian utopia you want - just leave me the hell out of it.
The problem is that culturally, we practically deify criminal behavior. "Oh no," we say. "That bad bad man killed 30 people!". Then we spend years watching documentaries and specials and movies about how he got away with it for so long.
The president makes.. however much in a given four-year term? Yet it costs him millions more just to get to the position. We do more than just deify criminals. We give them authority and make them our leaders.