notbob wrote:

> On 2007-05-31, Gregory Morrow > wrote:
> > or took time off to demonstrate about something? Of course, under EU
labor
> > laws strikers can't be immmediately fired like they can here (air
traffic
> > controllers vs. Reagan), but still...
>
> OTOH, the Brits have yet to protest the relentless incursion of video
> cameras in their lives. The place is becoming a regular THX1138
> scenario. One segment of the population watching the other. depending
> on the work shift. I've yet to hear much protest on that front and
> we're next. Cellphone cameras are bad enough, but they aren't
> typically in the hands of our we-know-what's-best-for-you govt.
>


IIRC the Dutch were really the first to have a large number of vidcams
monitoring public places, at one time recently they had more per capita than
anybody. Not many in Holland were alarmed at this trend...

As for the UK, from what I've read the guvmint plans to have practically all
major roadways surveilled by vidcams...IIRC in London they are used to
enforce the fees the city levies on private vehicles entering central
London.

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Best
Greg