"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." - Benjamin Franklin
Yeah, it's not a great situation. I don't think people are overreacting at all, they're underreacting if anything. I would like to say I'm surprised by this new law, but sadly that's not the case. Our undemocratic, authoritarian government has been surreptitiously passing laws like this for years under the pretext of protecting us from terrorism.
The only way this could possibly be thought of as okay would be if the government in question were one hundred per cent trustworthy, if we could be absolutely sure that they were taking care of our best interests. This, of course, is very unrealistic. As the Labour government have been shown to be deeply dishonest and frankly couldn't organise a piss-up at a brewery, I think people have every right to be concerned.
Yeah, it's not a great situation. I don't think people are overreacting at all, they're underreacting if anything. I would like to say I'm surprised by this new law, but sadly that's not the case. Our undemocratic, authoritarian government has been surreptitiously passing laws like this for years under the pretext of protecting us from terrorism.
The only way this could possibly be thought of as okay would be if the government in question were one hundred per cent trustworthy, if we could be absolutely sure that they were taking care of our best interests. This, of course, is very unrealistic. As the Labour government have been shown to be deeply dishonest and frankly couldn't organise a piss-up at a brewery, I think people have every right to be concerned.