When your economy is in the toilet making it hard on tourists is probably the last thing you should be doing.
Browsing 1984™
1984 (Again, and Again, and Again)
Just what is it with the Brits and their big brother practices anyway? In addition to their government trying to fingerprint everyone who lives in the country and sending people and families to respect camps if they, in the opinion of the state, exhibit anti-social behaviour, their airport authority now wants to fingerprint and photograph everybody going through the bloody airport.
Just In Case They Commit Future Crimes?
Subtitled: DNA is your friend - especially if you’re an authoritarian government
God bless Her Majesties Benevolent Government tm ‘eh…. always looking to protect her loyal subjects, even if it’s at the expense of the privacy of future loyal subjects who may, or may not, ever commit a crime [let alone a violent one] in their entire lives but who will end up in the policeman’s database anyway.
Heh - Bush Said “Orwellian”
All I can say is that it’s a darned good thing I didn’t have a mouthful of hot coffee when I read about the western worlds greatest proponent of secret prisons, extraordinary rendition, arbitrary detention, torture, wiretapping, eavesdropping, domestic surveillance, the unending war, and biometric national ID cards, use the word Orwellian….. otherwise I’d be needing (at the very least) a new keyboard.
Movie Directed by: Stephen Harper
Movie Directed by: Stephen Harper
Produced by: CPC Morality Police
Written by: John Q Public
Edited by: Stockwell Day
Movie made possible by the generous funding and intense scrutiny of the Ministry of We Know What’s Best for You.
What’s That Word Again?
You know the one, the one that describes a government that feels the need to watch everything it’s people do……..
They Could Be Talking About “ANYTHING”
1984, a few years late, but alive and well in America none-the-less.
Note To Lily
– strike Britain from the list of potential travel destinations.
Mayor To Citizens
Suck it up!! We’re gonna surveil your asses and you’re gonna like it.
Maybe They Have No Line In The Sand
When you read about countries that are known to torture their prisoners, actively discourage dissent, and spy on their citizens, you have to wonder if there is any line in the sand that will result in the citizenry saying, “enough, no more, this is where it stops”.
What An Interesting URL
– to find in your referrer logs.
Smile, You’re On Government Camera
The next time you are told to return to your seat, fasten your seat belt, raise your table tray, and return your seat to its full and upright position, be sure to smile for the camera that just may be watching you.
Ya Can’t Even Trust Google Anymore
to herd or not to herd “How do I know anything on the planet that Google maps isn’t a lie?”
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