Time for a little something we call a Revolution.

Heck, it worked against your government once before.

Saddest line in the story:

“With pensioners, by the time they sit down their hats always come off anyway because they were brought up with manners so usually take their hats off indoors.”

It isn’t England any more, though.
First they banned guns.
That didn’t make them safe.
Then they put up cameras everywhere.
That didn’t make them safe.
Then they banned knives.
That didn’t make them safe.
Now they’re banni…

If it were up to you privacy kooks, it would probably say, “Come back with a warrant.”

chsw

I never really saw it as a problem myself, although I don’t play poker machines nor wear a hat when I go out. I would like to see the numbers though as to whether it made a difference or not as it’s a clear infringement on one’s freedom.

I looked for it for a while. I had caught it in its second run that night. Usually back then and even now, they would repeat their prime time programming starting at 11 eastern and would re-run the weeks schedule on the weekend. I really didnt think much of it in 96-97 but flash forward to 2008 and ive been thinking about that video fairly often the last few years. I would love to get my hands on a copy of it.

Maybe Komrade Radley, vit his media connections can zearch for dis video, hmmmmm….?

I havent brought this up here or anywhere else b4, but back around 1996-97 there was a documentary filmed in russia on the discovery channel. They were interviewing some members of the former KGB. These people who were interviewed said that when the soviet union fell, many formerly secret documents were openly available for the u.s to gain access to. According to these people, the dept of justice and the cia were only interested in documents and the like that pertained to how the soviets kept their people in line. Ya know… the psychological manner in which they did it, the internal infrastructure they put in place to help accomplish this, etc. The people interviewed said it was common knowledge over there that the american govt did this because those old soviet/kgb files werent on computer but were still in regular file cabinets. The u.s govt simply asked the file clerks for what they wanted. They didnt even look for it themselves. I tried to find that documentary again because i wanted to record it, but it never aired again, at least as far as i know.

I don’t see myself being to eager to go back there anytime soon. Very sad. Britain has had a pretty fine tradition of openness and freedom (at least compared to most of the rest of the world), but they now seem pretty intent on destroying that.

Bad Religion too. 21st Century Digital Boy becomes closer and closer to reality every time I read these stories.

Kind of funny that this type of thing is what used to help us get all fired up and ready to fight those commies in Russia.

Now we think, ‘Vell, zey had zum pretty good ideas.’

Next somebody is going to suggest that everyone be forced to carry identification papers and provide their DNA to govern…