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Tuesday, 2 September 2008

Missing the Point


This story from ThisIsLondon.co.uk on local councils' using armies of snitches, stoolies, informants, and grasses to spy on ordinary citizens contains this magic sentence:
Critics said the latest scheme could easily be abused and encourage a culture of bin spies and curtain twitchers.
"Could easily be abused"? Would someone be kind enough to point out that the entire idea is an abuse in and of itself?
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousTuesday, 2 September 2008 at 09:35:00 GMT-7

    See you at tommorrow's Two Minute Hate! Be there or be... Well, it's not like you have a choice, do you?

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