somre interesting links picked up in the last few days...... big brother seems to be getting bigger.


Fingerprinting to go into a pub????

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10..._fingerprints/



£1000 fine if you don't let in council tax inspectors.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...&icc=NEWS&ct=5


And giving debt recovery agents given powers to break into your house, and use force against you.

http://www.lag.org.uk/Templates/Inte...L1=-1&L2=91691

 

The fingerprinting I can understand to a certain degree, its to be used for a positive outcome.

2 & 3 are disgusting. The debt collection is like a private thug in a protection racket. Its not law, its sanctioned bullying.

Cheers

Matt

 

yeah, I can see some advantages to the fingerprinting... keeping out undesirables. But then again, it's yet another sticking plaster over a much bigger wound.

And who can tell what future governments might use the technology for.

 

If I read the third one correctly that only applied to cases that have gone through court?

I can't help but think back to Chris Fosters experience he documented on here where he was owed money for goods and it seemed while the government were able to determine he had a legal right to the money they seemed powerless to get it back for him.

 

The draft bill envisages that when enforcing against the goods of a debtor, enforcement agents will be entitled:

* to use force against occupiers


I imagine that has been taken massively out of context and is just media scare tactics

 

"The other occurred last Friday when an under-18 Disco at Dukes nightclub got out of hand after the youngsters had obtained some alcohol from elsewhere. A fight between two youngsters escalated into a brawl involving 435 12 to 16 year olds"


imagine seeing that 435!!!!