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Brief Notes
By Wolfie | July 20, 2008
1. As part of the surveillance nation we now live in, 20,000 cars have had their number-plates scanned as they visited Bluewater shopping centre. Just in case any of them was involved in a crime. God forbid that law-abiding people should be able to go about their daily business without being subject to scrutiny such as this. What were the police expecting to find? A few outstanding parking tickets?
Yet, as with the proposed ID card scheme and the proliferation of CCTV cameras the majority of us seem prepared to sit back and let it happen. The argument that I hear most is “If you’ve not got anything to hide, what does it matter?”. Well, the answer to that is “If I’ve got nothing to hide, why must I be subject to constant surveillance?”. It doesn’t help to stop crime and it doesn’t help to solve crime. It takes police off the streets, because they end up sitting in front of screens all day.
2. Lewis Hamilton wins again! Despite his team making an error of judgement over pit stops, Lewis won the German Formula One Grand Prix and has now pulled slightly clear of his main rivals Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. The remainder of the season promises to be just as exciting as last year.
3. There’s apparently a scheme in the pipeline to reward surgeons with bonuses when patients don’t die. Surely, that’s supposed to be what they’re trying to achieve anyway? We seem hell-bent on completely screwing up the NHS and this is just the latest in a long line of ‘initiatives’.
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