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eredien...is a picture of this terrifiying police poster in Britain.
The commentary below the poster talks about Orwell's 1984, but I was reminded of the excellent graphic novel V is for Vendetta - the art style, the strange surrealist atmosphere of parts of it, the colors, the message. Everything.
It's really sad to think that this poster is not a movie prop for either of those distopian visions.
The commentary below the poster talks about Orwell's 1984, but I was reminded of the excellent graphic novel V is for Vendetta - the art style, the strange surrealist atmosphere of parts of it, the colors, the message. Everything.
It's really sad to think that this poster is not a movie prop for either of those distopian visions.
and even more...
25/10/02 10:33 (UTC)Why is there anyone that thinks this is a good idea?
UK GOVERNMENT PLANS CELL PHONE TOWER TRACKING SYSTEM
The government of the U.K. is funding secret radar technology research that
uses mobile phone masts to enable security officials to watch vehicles and
people in real time almost anywhere in Britain. The Celldar technology,
which works wherever there is cell phone coverage, "sees" the shapes made
when radio waves emitted by the towers meet an obstruction. Signals bounced
back by immobile objects, such as buildings and trees, are filtered out by
the receiver, and what's left on the screen are images of anything that
moves. When combined with technology that allows individuals to be
identified by their mobile phone handsets, the Celldar system would enable
security officials to locate and track a specific person from hundreds of
miles away. An individual using one type of receiver, a portable unit a
little bigger than a laptop, could even create a "personal radar space"
around his or her location for security purposes. Researchers are also
working on an "X-ray vision" feature that would enable the devices to "see"
through walls and look into people's homes. UK Ministry of Defence
officials are hoping to introduce the system as soon as resources allow,
but civil liberties advocates have been quick to complain: "It's an
appalling idea. The government is just capitalizing on current public fears
over security to introduce new systems that are neither desirable nor
necessary," says Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. (The
Observer 13 Oct 2002)
Re: and even more...
25/10/02 12:00 (UTC)Why is there anyone that thinks this is a good idea? There are two types of people who do.
One type is, as we all know, the power-hungry bastards who want to control people. Luckily, in the past they never managed to get all that far. Thus, while their existence was cause for concern, they were never much of a real problem.
Unfortunately, 9/11, the sniper, and such, have given rise to a bunch of cowards, running to a government for protection it can't give them and deep down they know that but they're not willing to face the reality with anything remotely resembling courage because it's just not as comfortable as before. These people wouldn't be a problem either, except that the aforementioned power-hungry bastards have latched onto this group, and are doing everything they can to make that group as big as possible, because they could get their plans implemented with the support of the sheep.
I'm afraid I don't see too much hope in the situation. Not unless someone or something can inspire real courage in the masses again.
Re: and even more...
26/10/02 07:21 (UTC)Gotta do something about those masses. Don't know what, thought, I'm afraid.