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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really don't see the relevence of that. Lots of legal "monitoring" is done by private companies. Eg, most of the CCTV monitoring here in the UK is "private". Presumably in this case the courts would only get involved if a person were to ignore the repeated warnings they'd receive and be prosecuted.
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That a similar thing is already taking place somewhere doesn't make it right. If it did, you could argue that torture is perfectly acceptable since there are various places in the world where it is common practice.
From my point of view, what is currently happening in UK - and elsewhere, UK is at the forefront only - is an abuse of civil rights of such a scale that I can only compare it to various coups that have happened in many parts of the world. In that respect, I believe we're on the verge of entering one of the darkest page of Human History.
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Do you have a problem with the basic concept of people being punished for breaking the law?
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Which law are we talking about, exactly? Have you heard of the concept of "civil disobedience"?