Comments on: 1984: Coming soon to 2006

By: SpasticLoon

SpasticLoon — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:15:14 +0000

Did you know that when skiing, men are much more likely to fall on their front side, and women are more likely to fall on their arse. No one knows why.

By: Rhino Williams

Rhino Williams — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:10:52 +0000

If you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to hide, and nobody will be interested in “spying” on you.

If you HAVE done something wrong, you should be arrested.

It’s as simple as that.

By: grrr

grrr — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:46:50 +0000

hmm we are in a pickle then

By: stix

stix — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:32:32 +0000

what do u think would happen if people sent txt or emails with stuff saying were gonna blow up such and such but they were joking would they get arrested or what happens if u say u really hate someone so much that you would kill them this is stupid how many people will be arrested on stuff like that??!? plus if terrorists communicate by written mail in the post will that be intercepted.

Thats is all.

By: stix

stix — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:37:30 +0000

*rebels*

By: Chaff

Chaff — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:21:36 +0000

Well said Stix.

We all know that the government sucks and hates us, get over it or do something about it.

By: stix

stix — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:17:03 +0000

its not like this is new though

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:55:45 +0000

i’ve been waiting for something like this to happen… george orwell was right., ‘big brother’ will have control over every aspect of our lives and we are all doomed. this is just the beginning!!

By: johnsee

johnsee — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:46:01 +0000

Someone posted this on /. and I thought it raised a few interesting points…

From the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law:

Second, in some circumstances, the government can use the information it collects even though that information is irrelevant to the original suspect. For example, if the government uncovers incriminating information from listening to a B-Party’s conversations, this can set off a chain reaction allowing the interception of the incriminated person’s communications or of anyone with whom they communicate.

The worst of it though, is the unseemly haste the government has used to rush this through parliament. Interested parties were given only 10 days to prepare submissions on the Bill, and the Senate Committee had only two weeks to review the submissions, hear evidence and prepare a report. They really badly want to read our private correspondence.