Comments on: Civil Liberties in Britain http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/civil-liberties-in-britain.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/civil-liberties-in-britain.html/comment-page-1#comment-16925 Craig Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:59:23 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=7214#comment-16925 But those speeding cameras are fast encroaching here. No pics of police? Can I still take pictures of Beefeaters? But those speeding cameras are fast encroaching here.

No pics of police? Can I still take pictures of Beefeaters?

]]> By: Shenpen http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/civil-liberties-in-britain.html/comment-page-1#comment-16921 Shenpen Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:08:05 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=7214#comment-16921 The worst thing is that it doesn't help one bit. One can argue a lot about the pros and contras of sacrificing liberty for the sake of safety, but when it buys no safety then WTF is exactly the argument for it? Almost every month someone breaks a window or a mirror on my car just out of drunken fun, on a CCTV street in the Oldbury district of Birmingham, I tell the police every time, and nobody gives a damn. OFFTOPIC: you'll love this: http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/02/04/coyote-on-portlands-max/ The worst thing is that it doesn’t help one bit. One can argue a lot about the pros and contras of sacrificing liberty for the sake of safety, but when it buys no safety then WTF is exactly the argument for it?

Almost every month someone breaks a window or a mirror on my car just out of drunken fun, on a CCTV street in the Oldbury district of Birmingham, I tell the police every time, and nobody gives a damn.

OFFTOPIC: you’ll love this: http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/02/04/coyote-on-portlands-max/

]]> By: Max http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/civil-liberties-in-britain.html/comment-page-1#comment-16915 Max Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:20:35 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=7214#comment-16915 Well, obviously the britains are nuts, and have since 2000 abandoned more and more civil liberties. Even for the Europeans, this is appalling. Some of those things, like extreme environmental controls and laws that make no sense, irritate even state-loving europeans. So, don't compare those islanders with "mainland" europeans. Though, I must say the police in Italy, France and Spain can be really really unfriendly. Not so the German police, because, lets face it, Germany had a long history of "strong police forces" like the Gestapo, and so we put some rules into place to check them. Until now, they did hold and we have one of the lamest police forces in the world. Well, obviously the britains are nuts, and have since 2000 abandoned more and more civil liberties. Even for the Europeans, this is appalling. Some of those things, like extreme environmental controls and laws that make no sense, irritate even state-loving europeans. So, don’t compare those islanders with “mainland” europeans. Though, I must say the police in Italy, France and Spain can be really really unfriendly. Not so the German police, because, lets face it, Germany had a long history of “strong police forces” like the Gestapo, and so we put some rules into place to check them. Until now, they did hold and we have one of the lamest police forces in the world.

]]> By: ElamBend http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/civil-liberties-in-britain.html/comment-page-1#comment-16908 ElamBend Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:27:29 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=7214#comment-16908 Lucky for me, the benighted local despot would prefer to have a camera on every corner: http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1440402,mayor-daley-emergency-surveillance-cameras.article Lucky for me, the benighted local despot would prefer to have a camera on every corner:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1440402,mayor-daley-emergency-surveillance-cameras.article

]]> By: Current http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/civil-liberties-in-britain.html/comment-page-1#comment-16897 Current Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:18:56 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=7214#comment-16897 The Garda have the same power in Ireland. They have compelled the larger pubs in the city I live in to install CCTV. Unlike in the UK though nobody has complain about it unfortunately. The Garda have the same power in Ireland. They have compelled the larger pubs in the city I live in to install CCTV. Unlike in the UK though nobody has complain about it unfortunately.

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