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offline exsub from United Kingdom on 2006-04-18 10:27 [#01881809]
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Just fucking shocking

Take a look over the posters (scroll down) and have a good
read of it, it's very fucking odd.

london advertisement


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2006-04-18 10:33 [#01881815]
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wait, big brother is a girl?


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2006-04-18 10:34 [#01881816]
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they call them "birds"


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2006-04-18 10:35 [#01881818]
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the oldschool "Big brother is watching YOU" posters are
pretty dope though.


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-04-18 10:39 [#01881820]
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i find it amusing that you find the posters "madness"
odd


 

offline exsub from United Kingdom on 2006-04-18 10:47 [#01881829]
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redrum, what do you mean?..


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-04-18 10:54 [#01881837]
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That article says it all though. In one sentence "the
average person is filmed 300 times a day", next "the police
are 'too busy' to watch the footage". Then, London has the
most cameras in Europe but.. the one on the bus that
exploded didn't work. How many others don't work?

Oh no, we're surrounded by cameras that don't work and the
one's that do aren't being watched, I feel so fucking
EXPOSED.


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-04-18 10:54 [#01881838]
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haha


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-04-18 10:56 [#01881843]
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ie, you're making a bigger deal (in terms of the words
you're using) of the fact that they're putting posters up,
than of the fact that they're implementing a wide-scale
surveillance system that could infringe civil liberties.
that's what i mean.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-18 11:04 [#01881851]
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i should stop filming my neighbour getting changed.


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-04-18 11:08 [#01881856]
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those posters arent very subtle


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-04-18 11:14 [#01881859]
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london alone has more people than all of norway lol


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-04-18 11:14 [#01881861]
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*more than twice the people


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-18 11:18 [#01881866]
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I haven't seen a single one of those posters.


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2006-04-18 11:25 [#01881873]
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whilst infringement of our liberties isn't much of a
problem, this is still one step closer, albiet quite a small
step. thats no reason however to sit back and think its
never gonna happen. complacency and thinking its not going
to happen is exactly what causes things to happen.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-04-18 11:57 [#01881894]
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The way they introduce these things is very slow, almost
imperceptable (in practical terms) manner. This makes people
not particularly inclined to fight it (civil liberties
groups excepted) and also makes those who do appear petty;
getting worked up over a very slight erosion of our rights
and hence it's more difficult for them to win public
support.

We made a big point of the fact that throughout WW2 we still
couldn't demand to see someone's "papers" for no reason. Are
Tony and Co. really claiming there's more of a security risk
to London now than in the Blitz?!

I'm no anti-state lefty, but increasingly, I want less and
less to do with our government.


 

offline S M Pennyworth from East Timor on 2006-04-19 05:03 [#01882236]
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as long as the cameras are in the streets and not in my home
i really don't give a shit. its not like theres a man with
black shades and a cigar sitting there mapping out every
single persons life.


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-04-19 05:09 [#01882237]
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I watched some police camera show last night and they said
there were at least 27 people watching cctv screens in
Topshop on Oxford Street at any one time. That just seems
crazy to me. I think I probably only object to cameras
because Id like to think I can do bad things and get away
with it but I just hate being on camera all the time.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-19 06:12 [#01882285]
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there are two that look over the town center where I live.
quite ofteh you see them swing round and move, someone is
controlling them. its scary though - especially when it
tracks me walking down the road and isnt looking at the
bunch of 20 chavs hanging around in the other direction,
shouting and throwing stuff


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-04-19 09:52 [#01882408]
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With regard to surveillance; I had a go of a controllable
security camera on the roof of a building in Edinburgh (top
of the hill, near the castle). It was undeniably fun and I
can see the appeal of the job to the sort of person who
relishes exerting control over others and even to people
with voyeuristic leanings. It also made me realise the scope
of these things; I was able to zoom in on people and
"follow" them down the street for hundreds of metres, even
making out faces well enough that a lip reader could tell
what they were saying! I know this was a particularly good
camera in a location that allowed it to cover a massive
area, but I've always felt watched when in public in urban
areas since then.

Hanal: Keep up the good work; You're helping fight terrorism
by ensuring she's not arranging a coup or nuclear attack in
her house. Why not post vids so other self-appointed
"defenders of justice" can check the video for potential
clues of the next 9/11. :D


 


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