Dear All,
It's not the first time that kind of story has occurred in
Liverpool...I remember an incident where a man was stabbed
to death on Bold Street - I'm sure the CCTV must have
caught it. Perhaps CCTV's slogan ought to be: 'We Watch/You
Die'.
Yours,
Derrick Cameron
[Oh, and Jack Straw: If you're reading this...DON'T!]
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 18:47:39 +0000 Bob Askwith
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> At 16:14 25/11/99 +0000, Nicole D. Matthews wrote:
> >
> >Some information for those who are interested in resistance to surveillance,
> >from the legendary Brighton-based "schnews" organisation.
> >
>
> Very interesting... which reminds me;
>
> Roughly two/three weeks ago there was a front page news story in the
> Liveprool Echo about a student who was badly beaten by two youths in a
> local shopping area. All the 'action' was caught on CCTV. I'm not sure any
> convictions were made but the story was of the type "imagine how bad life
> would be without these cameras". The point seemed to go straight over the
> journalists head that no crime was actually prevented, the poor lad still
> got battered.
>
> Further into the paper was an editorial column, part of which was opinion
> on this cover story. It ended with a phrase something along the lines of..
> "Big Brother is watching, and we're glad".
>
> At which point I had to go into a cupboard and scream.
>
> ---------------
> Cheers,
> Bob.
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