Losing our freedoms
Slowly but surely, like a creeping affliction, our freedoms are being taken away from us by Tony Blair and his government. And we are doing nothing about it.
Seriously, it isn't a joke.
Firstly there is the ludicrous ID card scheme which is ultimately compulsory, whether you want it or not, and which we will all be forced to pay for. Forced to pay for something we never voted for by referendum, regardless of whether we want it or not, regardless of whether we can afford it or not!
Secondly there is the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, which takes away people's right to free speech and peaceful protest. The Police can now stop any peaceful protest if they or those they represent don't like what you have to say. You can be arrested, fined, imprisoned - or both at once - if what you have to say isn't what they want to hear!
Thirdly, there is the police DNA database which, despite claiming that this would never happen, is collecting and cataloging the DNA of innocent people throughout Britain. People like you and me! Over 1 million of us!
Fourthly, several councils have piloted a scheme where people are required by law to provide ID to purchase alcoholic drinks in bars even if they are over 18, thereby assuming guilt until proven innocent, which inverts a fundamental tenet of our legal system. Other councils are already clamouring to force the scheme upon us. Any establishment not wishing to participate can have its licence revoked by the police!
Also, there is the NHS supercomputer network. Already a £12bn abomination. Further injury has been added to the insult by the fact that all of our medical records will be placed on this system, where it can be shared freely. If we say nothing then it will be assumed that we want our records put on this system, where it can probably be accessed by any spotty cunt with enough C+ programming skills to hack the thing.
The fact that there is the hippocratic oath counts for nothing. The fact that we have data protection laws counts for nothing. The fact that we have privacy laws counts for nothing. The fact that many of these things flout EU human rights laws counts for nothing.
Blair and his cronies don't give a fuck about us.
So, why should we care about them.
Let's start using the laws they use on us upon them! Come the build-up to election day let's all use this particular tenet of the Serious Crimes Act upon them:
"Section 121 of the bill prohibits people from “pursuing a course of conduct which involves harassment of two or more persons”, in order “to persuade any person … not to do something that he is entitled or required to do, or to do something that he is not under any obligation to do.” Harassment, the bill explains, can involve “conduct on at least one occasion”, “in relation to two or more persons”. In other words, you need only approach someone once to be considered to be harassing them, as long as you have also approached someone else in the same manner."
In other words, any politician who knocks on your door and asks you to vote is harassing you in your home. If he does it again (ie. your next door neighbour) then you can invoke the law and - in theory - have the motherfucker arrested.
Maybe if a few of these guys were dragged down the station whilst trying to harass members of the electorate they might choose to show some balls and stop these laws before they take all our freedoms from us.
Fight for the right to anonymity and the freedom to say what you want (within reason, of course).
Seriously, it isn't a joke.
Firstly there is the ludicrous ID card scheme which is ultimately compulsory, whether you want it or not, and which we will all be forced to pay for. Forced to pay for something we never voted for by referendum, regardless of whether we want it or not, regardless of whether we can afford it or not!
Secondly there is the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, which takes away people's right to free speech and peaceful protest. The Police can now stop any peaceful protest if they or those they represent don't like what you have to say. You can be arrested, fined, imprisoned - or both at once - if what you have to say isn't what they want to hear!
Thirdly, there is the police DNA database which, despite claiming that this would never happen, is collecting and cataloging the DNA of innocent people throughout Britain. People like you and me! Over 1 million of us!
Fourthly, several councils have piloted a scheme where people are required by law to provide ID to purchase alcoholic drinks in bars even if they are over 18, thereby assuming guilt until proven innocent, which inverts a fundamental tenet of our legal system. Other councils are already clamouring to force the scheme upon us. Any establishment not wishing to participate can have its licence revoked by the police!
Also, there is the NHS supercomputer network. Already a £12bn abomination. Further injury has been added to the insult by the fact that all of our medical records will be placed on this system, where it can be shared freely. If we say nothing then it will be assumed that we want our records put on this system, where it can probably be accessed by any spotty cunt with enough C+ programming skills to hack the thing.
The fact that there is the hippocratic oath counts for nothing. The fact that we have data protection laws counts for nothing. The fact that we have privacy laws counts for nothing. The fact that many of these things flout EU human rights laws counts for nothing.
Blair and his cronies don't give a fuck about us.
So, why should we care about them.
Let's start using the laws they use on us upon them! Come the build-up to election day let's all use this particular tenet of the Serious Crimes Act upon them:
"Section 121 of the bill prohibits people from “pursuing a course of conduct which involves harassment of two or more persons”, in order “to persuade any person … not to do something that he is entitled or required to do, or to do something that he is not under any obligation to do.” Harassment, the bill explains, can involve “conduct on at least one occasion”, “in relation to two or more persons”. In other words, you need only approach someone once to be considered to be harassing them, as long as you have also approached someone else in the same manner."
In other words, any politician who knocks on your door and asks you to vote is harassing you in your home. If he does it again (ie. your next door neighbour) then you can invoke the law and - in theory - have the motherfucker arrested.
Maybe if a few of these guys were dragged down the station whilst trying to harass members of the electorate they might choose to show some balls and stop these laws before they take all our freedoms from us.
Fight for the right to anonymity and the freedom to say what you want (within reason, of course).
posted by The Nothing Man at 18.12.06
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