“That compliance is what scares me the most. People are resigned to their fate. They’ve bought the Government’s arguments for the public good. There is a generational failure of memory about individual rights. Whenever Government says that some intrusion is necessary in the public interest, an entire generation has no clue how to respond, not even intuitively. And that is the great lesson that other countries must learn. The US must never lose sight of its traditions of individual freedom.”
This is Simon Davies, a fellow at the London School of Economics, as quoted in this superb article by Henry Porter via siliconshaman that rickybuchanan pointed out to me. The article is very, very long but extremely worthwhile. Porter appears to be a columnist for the Observer in the UK and analyses recent legal changes in Britain in depth as well as documenting a formal e‑mail exhange he had with Blair on the subject.
I wonder if, when I’ve set up this company, I’ll ever have time again to actually write and think about my own analyses of the world rather than regurgitating those of others. Today, Vanguard Media bought a multifunction printer, an Ethernet hub, some Cat‑6 cable and powerboards. Some of you saw us in the the street. We waved. Monday, we register the company officially with ASIC and it’s on for young and old.