Britain's frantic rush towards a fully fledged surveillance society

XabbaRus · 11-22-06, 03:16 PM

This is where I agree wholeheartedly with STEED.

Just to let our little German friend know that at the moment should the police choose, under current anti-terror legislation they could pull you off the streets and detain and question you using some pretext. They don't because at the moment our bobbies still have some sense left in them, but it can be done. It's just a step down the road.

This new fingerprint thing is also dangerous. At the moment it is a trial so any print takes have to be voluntary, you can refuse. However if it becomes law then I am pretty certain if you refuse you will be fined. What if there is a case of mistaken identity and your print does happen to be at the crime scen because you were there at some other time. If they rely on this you could end up in the nick and have a hard time getting out.

If they want to cut down on crime and stop terrorism, put more police officers in foot patrol, cops in panda cars don't mix with the community.

Also didn't some guy called Hitler not a long while back also bring in laws and infringe on citizens rights in the name of security to protect the people, and look what you got. A complete nutter who started a second world war and wrought untold devestation.

Sorry but even the USSR wasn't as bad as I fear the UK could get.

11-22-06, 03:16 PM	#11
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This is where I agree wholeheartedly with STEED. Just to let our little German friend know that at the moment should the police choose, under current anti-terror legislation they could pull you off the streets and detain and question you using some pretext. They don't because at the moment our bobbies still have some sense left in them, but it can be done. It's just a step down the road. This new fingerprint thing is also dangerous. At the moment it is a trial so any print takes have to be voluntary, you can refuse. However if it becomes law then I am pretty certain if you refuse you will be fined. What if there is a case of mistaken identity and your print does happen to be at the crime scen because you were there at some other time. If they rely on this you could end up in the nick and have a hard time getting out. If they want to cut down on crime and stop terrorism, put more police officers in foot patrol, cops in panda cars don't mix with the community. Also didn't some guy called Hitler not a long while back also bring in laws and infringe on citizens rights in the name of security to protect the people, and look what you got. A complete nutter who started a second world war and wrought untold devestation. Sorry but even the USSR wasn't as bad as I fear the UK could get. __________________