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GatoLover (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:27 PM Original message |
Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. He Would Say Fascism is Fascism |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 02:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. Scary UK |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
77. a "friend" of mine told me a couple years ago that israel was already |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. God, as if we weren't under heavy enough surveillance already. |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. I am going to agree |
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toymachines (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. The age of Big Brother has really come to pass |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. that is, until the electricity becomes too dear, |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Then it'll be this: |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. wow |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Prediction: 'car swapping' will become commonplace. n/t |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. car swapping will become a felony |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. how do you figure? |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's an interesting idea....... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-21-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. and charged for the privilege I might add |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. And why do people just ACCEPT these things? |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
74. Question worth repeating...why do they accept this there? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:58 AM Original message |
Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. fuck that shit |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. I guess I won't be going to England anymore. |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is absolutely chilling. I often thought of getting in my car |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. You are terrified by this but not by your Patriot Act - bizarre n/t |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. If they ever do that here |
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AGKISTRODON (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Hard to do outside the cities |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
66. They already do it with cameras mounted on street lights. |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. yeah - I know |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. No British opposition? |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Give it time. |
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omulcol (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
78. First time I've heard of this ... |
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The Roux Comes First (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. Now That's What I Call Surveillance! |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. I can't believe the Brits would ever stand for this. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well, well... whomever gets the camera-proof glare coating concession... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ostensibly, it's for instantaneous crowded-roads advisories and changes. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. Two years ago |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 07:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
80. some regional British police already use an in car system |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
25. London itself has 500,000 cameras on the streets.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. in vegas it's 784 times a day |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. it was kinda different in west belfast.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. i'll tell you a secret |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. well comparing vegas to west belfast's ghettos is quite silly. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Anonymity is a thing of the past. Pass the ID chips, please. |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
27. Even John Howard hasn't thought of this one yet. |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. wow |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. chip implants will occur within 2 years. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. it's enevitable. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
67. This will make me Canadian when the chip implant becomes law. |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Message form Orwell... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Proles actually were largely undisturbed. You're thinking "outer party". |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:16 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Yep - I'd like to be a prole |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Bliar = neocon in sheeps clothing |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. This is truly, truly frightening. |
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Another Bill C. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Where's the outrage? |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. I think it is an ingenious idea and much better than ID cards |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Gad. |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. I wonder how many people will start walking? |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You'll get the chip implant next. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. yes, the point is to get people walking |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. So, you think being put under surveillance 24/7 is justifiable because |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. facial recognition don't work |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Britain also has a history of oppression and colonialism, and the cameras |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. tolls create more congestion, the congestion charge reduces it |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. How long till we're tried for thought crimes. |
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Saint Stephen (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. The Brits have a long history of giving up their freedoms without a fight |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 01:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. I must disagree |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #58 |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:19 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. we don't have a 'gun culture' in Britain |
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HR_Pufnstuf (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is from The Onion right? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. So that means they're all LYING when they claimed they would NEVER use |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
56. Who will be second? |
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adolfo (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Almost there |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
60. PhotoBlocker™ |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #60 |
70. Cool! nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
68. bttft |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
71. What if this story is at least partially fake? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. It will be easier to enact now. |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
72. Make that the second country |
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Sven77 (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
75. happening here too |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
76. "camera sites monitored by global positioning satellites" |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
79. Won't be long before your boss will know where you go after work |
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