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Oxford City Council Mandates CCTV Cameras In Taxies by 2015

Posted by Unknown on from the you-have-nothing-to-hide-winston dept.

First time accepted submitter Beowulf878 writes "In yet another data-collection feast by the government in the UK, a local council has proposed fitting at least one CCTV camera per taxi to record every conversation. Obviously the reason given is our own safety. Thoughts?"

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  1. Well, I have one.... by RobinEggs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Obviously we can't have a discussion without the summary all but telling us how we're supposed to react.

    Thoughts?

  2. The only safety a government cares about . . . by Mitchell314 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is its own.

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  3. How many taxi drivers are robbed? by couchslug · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In a society where crime isn't really "punished", the only other deterrent must be a police state where there is no sanctuary.

    As societies must include anyone who wants to do anything they like and must admit anyone from anywhere regardless of their culture, keeping order becomes more challenging because the only alternative to (vanishing) SELF-discipline is IMPOSED discipline.

    This sucks, but is better than the Clockwork Orange world of no order at all.

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    1. Re:How many taxi drivers are robbed? by sqrt(2) · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I prefer to take a page from socialism, and a page from libertarianism, and create a new book that works better than either one alone. Nothing in your personal life affects me, so I should have no say over it. I don't care who you marry, have sex with, what you put in your body or if you end your life. But your economic life effects me and everyone else in this society, so it should be partially regulated. With the right balance, and the a healthy amount of vigilance by the populace, this system can work. It's worked in the past, it works now, it can work for our future.

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  4. Wow by TennCasey · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It never ceases to amaze me just how accurate George Orwell was about where England was going.

  5. Re:Firearms Rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not like you Americans are any better off, with your firearms rights. I've yet to hear of a single firearm being turned on a police officer who's assaulting a citizen who has offered no resistance at all, during the Occupy protests.