Spy Planes To End Privacy Once And For All
Uninformed.co.uk
Tobias Cunningham
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
As more of our civil liberties are eroded in the name of “fighting crime” or “protecting the people from terrorism”, yet another Orwelian idea is just about to be implemented here in the UK.
The eery “spy planes” will be in effect above the skies of Liverpool in around one week’s time and the unmanned drones, originally used for military reconnaissance but now being used against British citizens, aim to tackle anti-social behaviour and other types of crime.
There is just one problem with this. CCTV has already proved completely ineffective in reducing the level of crime we have in the UK. They simply don’t do what the police claim they do. And while the use of CCTV is obviously a benefit in the tracking of criminals after an offence has been committed, research shows that criminals are undeterred by the presence of cameras.
Now, however, the spy planes are here. Along with the shouting CCTV cameras they are here to wipe away the ever so slight mark of privacy that we had left in our lives. The privacy of being able to walk down the street at any time of the day or night and not “feel” like you’re being watched, even when we know we already are being watched almost everywhere we stray.
When this story first surfaced last year, Merseyside Police played down the reports stating in this BBC article that police were “exploring a number of technology-driven ideas” but while the use of surveillance drones is among them they would be “a long way off”.
Well, forgive me for not really thinking that October 2006 was a long time ago. Because it wasn’t. Their attitude in October had a slight air of “conspiracy theorist” branding…something which has worked well for the government’s Orwelian plans in the past leaving them clear to usher in these kinds of quite unbelievable measures that the majority of the people would have been shocked at some years ago but now accept as “necessary to fight crime”.
Unfortunately for those people these spy planes will not reduce crime and they will not reduce the number of anti-social incidents in areas like Liverpool or Manchester or anywhere for that matter. They will, however, serve the increasingly paranoid New World Order’s attempts to keep tabs on our entire society.
Don’t buy into it.

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