Comments on: Living for Big Brother

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:14:19 +0000

Hey, so umbrellas and hats and hoodies obscure images on the outdoor cameras, too. So just soak in the rain for old Britannia, hey?

Plus, more head colds+pneumonia+influenza deaths = less national health expenditure over the lifetime of the citizen.

Win/win!

By: Jeff Quinton

Jeff Quinton — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:32:41 +0000

Banks already do this in the US. At least they did in SC.

By: Richard Gardner

Richard Gardner — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:22:32 +0000

asked to impose the rule by senior police officers

Rule by fiat from the Police Department in the UK? Not a law, but a bureaucratic administrative rule? I also wonder if the CCTVs in the pubs are now required (and monitored) by the Police. But they are not going to issue a rule of no burquas, nor Sikhs' turbans.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:20:09 +0000

Cities and towns all over America that are far from being prime terrorist threats are putting in camera systems with homeland security grants. Smile, big brother is watching...

By: B. Minich

B. Minich — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:29:02 +0000

Their mothers should have taught this a while ago. My Mom gets on my case all the time if I forget to take my hat off. In a way, its proper hat etiquette coming back. Not into the government mandating this, though.