[Sussex] Copywrite and the Old Woman ...

[Paul Graydon]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Angelo Servini
> Sent: 10 July 2005 20:14
> To: tealeg at member.fsf.org; LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
> Subject: Re: [Sussex] Copywrite and the Old Woman ...
> 
> 
> Geoff Teale wrote:
> 
> >I should add
> >that I regularly break the speed limit despite knowing this 
> is wrong and 
> >being well aware of the potentially tragic consequences of 
> this action.  This 
> >only goes to prove that education isn't the entire cure to 
> any problem - 
> >given the real-world freedom to do something stupid and 
> potentially harmfull 
> >human beings will do so.  I am actively trying to stop 
> myself from driving 
> >recklessly (in much the same way people give up smoking) 
> lets see how I get 
> >on :-)    The interesting thing here is that speed cameras 
> do work.  I slow 
> >down for them.  As we all know, people speed up again once 
> they are past them 
> >- there must be a better solution without being to intrusive.    
> >
> Hi Geoff.
> 
> I agree in principle with your statement about speeding - and 
> I am one of the 
> worst offenders in this respect (I had 9 points at one time). 
>  What do you think 
> of the scheme that the government wants to put into practice. 
>  For example, the 
> electronic tagging of all cars so that they can be tracked by 
> satellite?  
> 
> As for speeding, this would eliminate it overnight!  
> Howvever, the moral and 
> social implications are many.  I believe that the negative 
> implications outweigh 
> the good, and to be blunt, I dont trust this lot as far as I 
> can throw them.
> 

Once they tag your cars and can track you by satellite, what next?
Maybe they should tag you, stick an RFID chip in you so they can see
where you have or haven't been, so they can eliminate you from any crime
scene?  I hate to get 1984ish, but as an innocent person I fear
compulsory ID cards and satellite tracking.  The potential for abuse is
just too great.  Falsify a few records on a computer, and all of a
sudden they could have information to show I was somewhere I wasn't,
doing something I didn't do.  All just a little too scary for me :-)


Paul