Re: UK: Passports Will Be Needed to Buy Mobile Phones

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

We've exercised all of them in the past 200 years. While Johnny Reb may
have lost the Civil War, he made the point that the Federal Government
can only push the people so far.

See also the LA Riots.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drsolly [mailto:drsollyp () drsolly com]
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:53 PM
> To: Blue Boar
> Cc: Tomas L. Byrnes; funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] UK: Passports Will Be Needed to Buy Mobile Phones
>
> After more than 200 years, I think any options you haven't exercised so
> far, probably won't get exercised.
>
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Blue Boar wrote:
>
> > We haven't exercised all the options yet.
> >
> >                              BB
> >
> > Drsolly wrote:
> > > Didn't work though, did it.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hence the reason the founders of the US, Englishmen all until the
> > > > Declaration of Independence, felt the need to explicitly declare
> the
> > > > rights of man, and limit those of government.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-
> bounces () linuxbox org]
> > > > > On Behalf Of Peter Evans
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 5:55 PM
> > > > > To: funsec () linuxbox org
> > > > > Subject: Re: [funsec] UK: Passports Will Be Needed to Buy Mobile
> Phones
> > > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:08:37AM -0700, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> > > > > > Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register
> their
> > > > > > identity on a national database under government plans to extend
> > > > > massively
> > > > > > the powers of state surveillance.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4969312.ece
> > > > > > This is perhaps the craziest f'ing thing I have ever heard of...
> > > > >  1984
> > > > >
> > > > >  Because this is British Government, you're lucky it's only a
> > > > > quarter of
> > > > >  a century late.
> > > > >
> > > > >  Not quite up to "Brazil" yet.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  P
> > > > >
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