Darth Vader Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 This is very worrying indeed. I would be contacting my MP about this, if it were me or my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike edds Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 This is very worrying indeed. I would be contacting my MP about this, if it were me or my son. no comment from the police as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike edds Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Not allowed to take photographs of public buildings? Someone should tell Google Earth. and every cctv in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareast Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Another aspect of all this, is that now we have a society that is ' under the magnifying glass ', so to speak--------if, in the future an extreme Left or Right totalitarian government gain power in the U.K., well, everything [ or everyone ! ] will be at their fingertips ! I suppose the present-day control freaks have never had the brains or imagination to think about that little scenario-----or maybe they just don 't care ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike edds Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Another aspect of all this, is that now we have a society that is ' under the magnifying glass ', so to speak--------if, in the future an extreme Left or Right totalitarian government gain power in the U.K., well, everything [ or everyone ! ] will be at their fingertips ! I suppose the present-day control freaks have never had the brains or imagination to think about that little scenario-----or maybe they just don 't care ? its your right to take photos or film in public. the police cannot act in this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike edds Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I know.... I was pointing out that if pressed they would be able to come up with a (flimsy) excuse. im going to find out if its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike edds Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 We seem to be ruled by some form of "extreme centrism", even if it makes no sense. i thought the police would understand the basics, police are not thick. so whats is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophiec1979 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I have always believed the police are prone to abusing their powers given half a chance, but have they seriously got nothing else to do but threaten a clapped-out jogger with the anti terrorism baton? make a complaint to the police and the IPCC, thats what they are there for. http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/Pages/default.aspx theres no point complaining on here, it wont achieve anything other than whipping up the armchair warriors. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareast Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 The reason I made the comment about the infrastructure of control being in place, conveniently [ ! ] for any potential dictator or authoritarian party, is that, we just need to consider 2 classic cases------Hitler & Stalin-----both used whatever means were in existence to further tighten their grip on the country they controlled. Yes, we do have a sort of ' soft centrist, nanny-style ' sort of dictatorship----with a bit of brutality now and then, for good measure. But-----imagine how easy it would be for a new Hitler or Stalin to use all that 's in place now------the cameras, the computers, the gigantic bureaucracy, the never-ending invasion of privacy.....etc....to start a new form of Gestapo, NKVD, Dachau or Gulag ? It would certainly make their gruesome aims a lot easier ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Are these type of threads doing the rounds? http://www.leedsforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3057 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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