Re: [tlug] RMS is at it again

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Marty Pauley wrote:
> I think that the thing RMS gets wrong here is the politics, not the
> facts.  He seems to think that "surveillance-mad government" is bad,
> while the UK is actually openly very proud to have more CCTV cameras
> per capita than any other country.  He also assumes that tracking
> people is bad, when most of the UK population doesn't appear to have a
> problem with it.  I didn't.
>   

Most people don't (because we are all honest) until someone starts using 
this information for nefarious, or outright criminal purposes.  Then we 
all wonder why it was necessary to collect such detailed information on 
everyone when the terrorists are one in a million.

Edward