Britain is getting ever closer to a police state

[Dogstile]

Be careful or else you'll have a Mirrors Edge situation over there...

What was wrongwith the world in Mirrors Edge. Seemed orderly to me. And what's wrong with being monitored, you only have to fear it of you're in the wrong.

yeah, first social networking, then censorship, then CHINA! soon we won't even be able to be intimate with one another with booking an appointment!

Isn't that conclusion jumping? Because China is censorship, not monitoring.
Anyway, what's wrong with this? I don't get it, the only excuse I get is it steals our privacy. OK, but how does that effect me? I'm not doing anything interesting, seriously, all I do is go on the internet, play games, homework ect. Watch me, fine, I'm not doing anything massively interesting.

its just that many people don't enjoy being watched, i certainly get uneasy when i'm being watched, even when walking past a police officer on my way home from school i feel uneasy when they look at me.

and yes, i admit, i did jump the gun a little.

 

[lazy_bum]

O.K mabe the British police will just stop at monitoring these sites, but just in case

Everyone, start reading V for Vendetta, just for emergency preperation

Well ahead of you on that one. Bring on the Revolution.

 

[Kevvers]

I thought the way the secret services works was that the didn't search for everyone, just people who have been flagged as people to keep an eye on. So you probably only have to worry if you're in some way associated with a radical political/religious figure. This whole idea of big brother keeping records on everyone only really happened in East Germany, and it only worked at all because 1 out of every 50 Germans was working for the secret police, a completely ridiculous number... You can't really monitor everyone, its just not practical.

 

[Slight]

You're worried about people monitoring social sites?! You put your own details and private life on the internet, then complain when people look at it? WTF?

Are you a criminal? No, well then just get on with your sodding life then.

Read this, then shut the hell up.
http://inthechumbucket.blogspot.com/2009/03/internet-kicks-itself-in-brain-again.html