Jolly Green Rower
Originally uploaded by Elfleda.
Taken at Ditton Fields on November 19th, I think this was the Emma Sprints.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
And the award for best new word of the year goes to........
Has to be Anna from Little Red Boat for the word 'Ladytensions' as in "I am sorry I have just stabbed you with my pencil, I am having a spot of the Ladytensions"
Genius.
Genius.
Friday, November 03, 2006
We are already at the gates of the surveillance society
Following on from yesterdays post there is a really interesting piece in today's Guardian regarding the state that we know find ourselves in. Hopefully the more people who become aware of the consequences of what is going on, the more chance there may be to force a rethink.
The piece by Henry Porter begins:
Up until now the best ally of governments and big corporations who wish to place every individual under total and unwavering surveillance has always been ignorance. People have simply failed to grasp the threat posed by individual surveillance systems and the way a range of technologies can reach out to each other almost of their own accord to create new pathways of exchange.
But with the publication of three important reports this week - one in this newspaper about the NHS database - there can be no excuse for saying "I have done nothing wrong so I have nothing to fear". Surveillance and its potential for diminishing the human experience and robbing individuals of political power is one of the most pressing issues of our time. We stand on the boundary between two societies - one where freedom and privacy are the norm; the other in which our movements, habits and transactions are monitored for signs of aberrant behaviour. Let there be no misunderstanding: the surveillance society is one that necessarily reduces us all from citizens to subjects.
Read the full article here
The piece by Henry Porter begins:
Up until now the best ally of governments and big corporations who wish to place every individual under total and unwavering surveillance has always been ignorance. People have simply failed to grasp the threat posed by individual surveillance systems and the way a range of technologies can reach out to each other almost of their own accord to create new pathways of exchange.
But with the publication of three important reports this week - one in this newspaper about the NHS database - there can be no excuse for saying "I have done nothing wrong so I have nothing to fear". Surveillance and its potential for diminishing the human experience and robbing individuals of political power is one of the most pressing issues of our time. We stand on the boundary between two societies - one where freedom and privacy are the norm; the other in which our movements, habits and transactions are monitored for signs of aberrant behaviour. Let there be no misunderstanding: the surveillance society is one that necessarily reduces us all from citizens to subjects.
Read the full article here
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Am I living in a Police State?
What is going on?
First we have the mess that is the ID cards.
Then yesterday there was a piece in the Guardian about the new database that all medical records will be uploaded to - without your consent. Then it seems that anyone who wants to will be able to see all of your confidential medical information. "Don't worry it's NATIONAL SECURITY"
Then today there is the news that the UK has "sleep walked into a surveillance society". There are now appartently 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people.
How soon is it before - 'for our own good, NATIONAL SECURITY and all that' - we have DNA taken at birth and a microchip inplanted so we can be monitored at all times.
When did I move to a country where it is assumed that everyone is a potential criminal? From the sound of it there must be dictatorships out there looking to the UK as a map of where to go. How did this happen? Were we just too polite to make a fuss?
First we have the mess that is the ID cards.
Then yesterday there was a piece in the Guardian about the new database that all medical records will be uploaded to - without your consent. Then it seems that anyone who wants to will be able to see all of your confidential medical information. "Don't worry it's NATIONAL SECURITY"
Then today there is the news that the UK has "sleep walked into a surveillance society". There are now appartently 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people.
How soon is it before - 'for our own good, NATIONAL SECURITY and all that' - we have DNA taken at birth and a microchip inplanted so we can be monitored at all times.
When did I move to a country where it is assumed that everyone is a potential criminal? From the sound of it there must be dictatorships out there looking to the UK as a map of where to go. How did this happen? Were we just too polite to make a fuss?
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