> On May 4, 12:53 am, "Seth Hammond"
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> wrote:>>> On May 2, 11:49 pm, "Seth Hammond"
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>>> wrote:>>>> "Woo"
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>>
>>>>> On May 2, 1:20 am, "Seth Hammond"
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>>>>> wrote:>>>>>> "Woo"
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>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 30, 8:22 am, "Seth Hammond"
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>>>>>>> wrote:>>>>>>>> "America the Beautiful"
>>>>>>>> wrote
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> messagenews:J07Zh.296$dC1.217@newsfe12.lga...
>>
>>>>>>>>> nick wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "America the Beautiful"
>>>>>>>>>> wrote
>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>> message
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>We all have Germanic surnames.
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Czepiel = Pole, Jandro = Frog, Hammond = Engle.
>>
>>>>>>>>> SMILE: 1 CAMERA FOR EVERY 14 PEOPLE IN UK
>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> Britain is in danger of "committing slow social suicide" as
>>>>>>>>> such
>>>>>>>>> Big
>>>>>>>>> Brother techniques as surveillance cameras and recording
>>>>>>>>> equipment
>>>>>>>>> spread
>>>>>>>>> into every aspect of our lives, the nation's information
>>>>>>>>> watchdog
>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>> warn this week.
>>
>>>>>>>>> A new report from Richard Thomas, the information
>>>>>>>>> commissioner,
>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>> say
>>>>>>>>> that the public needs to be made more aware of the "creeping
>>>>>>>>> encroachment"
>>>>>>>>> on civil liberties created by email monitoring, CCTV and
>>>>>>>>> computer
>>>>>>>>> tracking
>>>>>>>>> of our buying habits.
>>
>>>>>>>>> It is understood that one of the concerns in Mr Thomas's
>>>>>>>>> report
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>>> of special listening devices which can be placed in lamp
>>>>>>>>> posts,
>>>>>>>>> street
>>>>>>>>> furniture and offices. These are already widely used in the
>>>>>>>>> Netherlands
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> combat crime and anti-social behaviour.
>>
>>>>>>>>> More than 300 of the cameras with built-in microphones have
>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>> fitted
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> benefit offices and city centres. The equipment can pick up
>>>>>>>>> aggressive
>>>>>>>>> tones on the basis of decibel level, pitch and speed at which
>>>>>>>>> words
>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>> spoken.
>>
>>>>>>>>> Westminster council has already started piloting the listening
>>>>>>>>> devices,
>>>>>>>>> but experts say the use of these microphones raises questions
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>> surveillance can be used to intrude into the private lives of
>>>>>>>>> citizens.
>>
>>>>>>>>> He will also call for greater regulation of companies that
>>>>>>>>> supply
>>>>>>>>> surveillance technology which provides "convenience or safety
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>> affluent majority", but not for the vulnerable such as
>>>>>>>>> children,
>>>>>>>>> immigrants and the elderly.
>>
>>>>>>>>> His warning comes as MPs launch their first inquiry into the
>>>>>>>>> impact
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> surveillance in Britain. The Home Affairs Select Committee
>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>> investigate the use of video cameras to monitor high streets
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> residential areas as well as the holding of personal
>>>>>>>>> information
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> both
>>>>>>>>> government and commercial databases.
>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, Mr Thomas, who last year warned that Britain was
>>>>>>>>> "sleepwalking
>>>>>>>>> into a surveillance society", will tell the committee at its
>>>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>>> hearing
>>>>>>>>> that new safeguards must be introduced to protect the public
>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> increasing intrusion of surveillance into their daily lives.
>>
>>>>>>>>> Civil liberty campaigners have already warned that Britain is
>>>>>>>>> becoming
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> Big Brother society where its citizens are increasingly being
>>>>>>>>> watched.
>>>>>>>>> There are more than four million CCTV cameras in this country,
>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> every 14 people, and the national DNA database which was set
>>>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>> police
>>>>>>>>> to combat crime now holds 3.5 million profiles.
>>
>>>>>>>> Both yurps and engles have SO much more crime than we free
>>>>>>>> Americans....
>>
>>>>>>> Shooting americans is not considered as a crime in america, but
>>>>>>> rather
>>>>>>> a hobby to be encouraged.
>>
>>>>>> We put our criminals in prison.
>>
>>>>> After they've shot up the local shopping mall/office/high school
>>>>> etc.
>>
>>>>>> Engles and yurps let them walk the streets
>>>>>> and make excuses for their behavior.
>>
>>>>> How do you explain your appalling crime rates then?
>>
>>>> I don't.
>>
>>> It's natural behavior for yanks to shoot each other.
>>
>>>> Engles lead us in all categories but two. How do you explain
>>>> that?
>>
>>> Easy. Engles lead, like you said. You follow. The two categories aka
>>> exceptions are domestic crime and international defeat. Yanks are
>>> world famous for being shot by themselves and by superior forces when
>>> abroad. How many yanks have you shot?
>>
>> Your stupidity is typical of engles. The two categories of crime that we
>> lead over engles is Murder and Rape.
>
> Now you're talking, gramps.
Er, It's actually known as writing.
>> It's been said that you lot lack
>> proper tools for either one.
>
> Do you want me to compare rape rates for the UK and the usa?
Do you want us send more guns to blighted? Viagra? Peckerstretchers?
Non-stinky women?
>
>> I've never shot an American, but I've drawn down on a handful while
>> serving
>> as a military policeman. You?
>
> Alas, I live in a crime free zone. Killing americans is still a crime,
> no matter how appealing it is.
How long have you been in the monastery?
>
