To the Home Office, everyone is a terrorist suspect
May 22, 2008 – 8:14 am by JohnIt’s a shame George Orwell didn’t foresee the advent of computers and the computer age because if he had, 1984 would have been so much more frightening. The Home Office of Great Britain plans to create “Big brother” database for phones calls, emails and web use. This fascism hasn’t been passed into law yet, but something like it will, either by legislation or executive fiat. Whether it is law or not is not the pertinent issue at this time. The fact that the State wants powers like these and has the ability to assume them is proof that it shouldn’t have them.
