Sunday, November 26, 2006
David Blunkett Versus The Fascist State!
OK, which of you buggers has been spiking my food? David Blunkett finally finds a surveillance policy that he does not approve of! Yes, it seems that old Shiteyes believes that CCTV cameras monitoring your every move is okay, but hidden microphones recording what you say isn't.
"There is an enormous difference between surveilling people in terms of CCTV - where what you see is what anyone can see walking down the road - and actually recording someone's private conversations," he said.
Why? If you take the view that visual surveillance is okay, lets say it's because you are in a public space, then would it not make sense that audio surveillance is alright for the same reason? After all, if you're following a Muslim on camera rather than a white skinhead, how can you be sure that he's not calling down a jihad on his mobile phone?
This is all in the context of the Olympics, which seem to have have fallen apart quickly even by modern standards. Yes, the Government that brought you the Millenium Dome has shown that there is no project it cannot make a complete balls-up of and, as Tony Blair will be sailing away next Summer, it looks like his lackeys have pulled out all the stops to make sure that it all falls apart on his watch. Already the cost of the Games have gone up from £3.4 bn to £5 bn. You can see why I'm a little concerned, seeing as it was decided without consultation that I'd be more than happy to pay an extra tax, as a Londoner, for the cost of this thing (yet strangely I wouldn't be prepared to pay any extra taxes for things that might be useful, like hospitals, policemen or transport. Blimey! It would seem that I'm a bastard and never knew it!). Part of the increase in the cost was to pay for a company to make sure the Olympics came in on budget, surely we could get some money back as they've clearly broken the contract?
"There is an enormous difference between surveilling people in terms of CCTV - where what you see is what anyone can see walking down the road - and actually recording someone's private conversations," he said.
Why? If you take the view that visual surveillance is okay, lets say it's because you are in a public space, then would it not make sense that audio surveillance is alright for the same reason? After all, if you're following a Muslim on camera rather than a white skinhead, how can you be sure that he's not calling down a jihad on his mobile phone?
This is all in the context of the Olympics, which seem to have have fallen apart quickly even by modern standards. Yes, the Government that brought you the Millenium Dome has shown that there is no project it cannot make a complete balls-up of and, as Tony Blair will be sailing away next Summer, it looks like his lackeys have pulled out all the stops to make sure that it all falls apart on his watch. Already the cost of the Games have gone up from £3.4 bn to £5 bn. You can see why I'm a little concerned, seeing as it was decided without consultation that I'd be more than happy to pay an extra tax, as a Londoner, for the cost of this thing (yet strangely I wouldn't be prepared to pay any extra taxes for things that might be useful, like hospitals, policemen or transport. Blimey! It would seem that I'm a bastard and never knew it!). Part of the increase in the cost was to pay for a company to make sure the Olympics came in on budget, surely we could get some money back as they've clearly broken the contract?
Labels: David Blunkett, Olympics, privacy, waste of money
