By Natasha Lomas
Published: Tuesday 03 June 2008
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Name
Richard
Location
UK - for now
Occupation
Angry Voter
Comment
All such "snooping" initiatives make me queasy:
It's terrible that so many youngsters apparently feel the need to carry - and to use - weapons.
But, government initiatives which implore people to snoop and spy on each other and to report to "the authorities" remind me of East Germany.
There *might* be a short term benefit, but what about the long term problems?
All of these initiatives seem to be based on the belief & philosophy that we should all be utterly dependent on an omnipotent government and that we cannot trust anyone except a government official.
Too often, technology and IT are used to reinforce this.
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