I guess this is more of a discussion point rather than question/answer.
For the past few decades there have been more and more controls put in place by the police/government to identify and track us.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition - your every move in your vehicle can be tracked by the police at any time, any place through the 2000CCTVs placed on the roads/speed cameras/petrol stations.
CCTVs - A substantial number of CCTVs have been installed across the UK that are accessible by the police or any other government authority for research or policing purposes.
ID Cards - Seems like this will happen at some point in the future whether we like it or not, with your finger prints and other physical attributes logged and recorded.
Am I the only person who feels uncomfortable at the fact that my every move is/could be monitored by the police like a criminal?
What next, microchipping individuals so that they can be located by GPS?
2007-11-14 20:43:41 · 9 answers · asked by delmontebanana 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If by "us" you mean Americans, then the answer is yes.
Most people are too busy going about their daily lives, raising children, trying to make money, handling personal issues, that they don't notice this is happening.
Kudos to you for being more observant than the average citizen.
2007-11-14 20:49:25 · answer #1 · answered by Theresa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's not enough space on this page to go deep enough to convince you that your rights are slowly being eroded by a corrupt and out of control beast (that's congress for those of you that don't habla.) Try reading the entire Constitution and Bill of Rights sometime. That will give you an idea of what your rights should be. Of course the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been ammended several times since it was rattified by the states. Some ammendments were needed. Others were just vehicles that would one day "fundamentally transform the United States of America" so to speak. Right around the turn of the 20th century is when the government really started coming for our rights little by little. Kind of like slowly boiling a frog in water. From the federal income tax to the New Deal to the Brady Bill to the Patriot Act to Cap & Trade to the current healthcare bill to whatever the shiftiest people in our population can come up with next, (again, that's congress for those who don't habla.) The best place to find this stuff is the National Archives and the Library of Congress. Good luck with your search, dude. Don't be discouraged by what you may find. America is still the greatest nation in the world with the longest line of people waiting to volunteer to fight and die for her. It's still YOUR country, too. Don't let anyone tell you different.
2016-05-23 06:06:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IN 1978, Bundaberg dentist Henry Akers applied for a police permit to march down a no through road at 2.45am with his dog Jaffa. Akers also applied for a permit for a banner that read: "The majority is not omnipotent. The majority can be wrong and is capable of tyranny".
The applications were refused. A few months earlier Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen had decreed that the day of the political street march was over. Undeterred, one man and his dog undertook an illegal march in the early hours of April Fools' Day, watched by a carload of detectives.
The story of Akers and Jaffa is one of many on display at the Law Courts Complex Court in George St, Brisbane. This thought-provoking exhibition has been researched and developed by the Supreme Court Library. It traces the evolution of human rights over the centuries and features significant human rights events in Australian and Queensland history.
2007-11-14 21:56:12 · answer #3 · answered by Zenith 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
James Madison warned us of that very thing back in the late 1700's, in the Federalist Papers
“There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation.”
2007-11-14 21:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by Gray Wanderer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not only in UK or USA it is everywhere the world needs to make a revolution against the politics we need some change they thought we are dome!
2007-11-14 21:00:34 · answer #5 · answered by awgaa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that we are giving up these aspects of our freedom by not fighting for them. It will continue to get worse though, until the New World Order emerges and you can only buy or sell with a one world currency...as prophesied by the bible.
2007-11-14 21:32:06 · answer #6 · answered by jreesetwu14 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If one is doing nothing wrong or illegal they have nothing to fear. These steps are needed do to our global society. Borders mean nothing and security is very important. I think a microchip would be a great idea and am all for it. It's simply a newer more sophisticated form of identification.
2007-11-14 21:30:54 · answer #7 · answered by thefinalresult 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no - you have it backwards
they are not taking it away - we are giving it up
This is a primary reason the founding fathers in the US passed the 2nd amendment
you folks in the UK are much more powerless against tyranny
2007-11-14 20:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by roadrunner426440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Not slowly!
At an incredible speed!
2007-11-14 21:14:37 · answer #9 · answered by emilia d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋