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UK Plans To Monitor 20,000 Families' Homes Via CCTV
metrix007 points out a story in the Sunday Express with more surveillance-camera madness from the UK, where the government now wants to place 20,000 CCTV cameras to monitor families ("the worst families in England") within their own homes, to make sure that "kids go to bed on time and eat healthy meals and the like. This is going too far, and hopefully will not pass. Where will it end?"
Dont worry people! This will be broadcasted on television too so you wont be missing anything. As you know, the tv show "Big Brother" viewer amount has been going down and advertisers want something fresh!
In case you were wondering Orwell's1984 is not actually a manual for statecraft. Just to clear that up.
After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
You know, we Americans really ought to give the guys in the UK credit. I mean, every time we seem to sink farther and farther into a police state, with crap like warrant-less wiretapping ( gotta love that hope and change!) and other Big Brother style crap, along comes the UK to prove "hey, it could always be worse!"
So I personally would like to extend the folks of the UK a hearty golf clap, for proving that no matter how bad of a corporate ass kissing, police state loving pile of douchebags we end up with writing our laws that we will always have the UK proving that nobody beats them for CC loving, neighbor snooping, big government bullshit. Thanks UK! /golf clap/
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
I think there is a plan behind it. A project was founded to find out how much surveillance people will endure until seriously, unavoidable riots occur in a well-off society. I also think the reason the project was started so that people, after revolting against cuts into their privacy, have a better foundation and understanding for freedom and privacy.
However, the Brits didn't react according to the expectations of project coordinators. Unfortunately, no end date was agreed upon for the project.
NB: The message above might reflect my opinion right now, but not necessarily tomorrow or next year.
It's always been 2009.
This is an actual, verbatim representation of Orwell's vision for the future (today's present). There isn't any needed for interpretation, it's literally 1984. Wow.
Somebody should give Amazon a call, I hear they have experience in making these "1984" matters disappear.
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I think there is a plan behind it.
I think you're interpreting things, and there is no need to do that according to the deeply insightful GP:
There isn't any needed for interpretation, it's literally 1984.
It's literally 1984 really, no need to interpret anything. Ok?