A dead duck? (Was RIP s22 notices SI)

[Ken Brown]

I'm not sure this is true. A very large number of people want the
freedom to continue to break driving laws - hence the fuss about speed
cameras. Heck, something like 1 in 20 adult men has been /convicted/ of
a driving offence.  Less seriously (because it kills fewer people) at
least 2 or 3 million of us have used illegal drugs.  (That always sounds
like an underestimate to me because the majority of people I know
younger than about 50 have at least smoked dope now and again).    So
that is a large number of people who have "something to hide" but
probably aren't thought of by their friends and neighbours as
particularly criminal or shameful.  There are lots of people who
wouldn't want their sexual behaviour exposed to view.  I'd guess most
people know someone who has a real interest in privacy, even if they
don't themselves.

Ken 

Ian G Batten wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Owen Lewis wrote:
> > In countries such as ours, government is by consent. This government is
> > about to test the limit beyond which consent cannot be pushed. One hopes
> > that it is in for a rude awakening.
> 
> Unfortunately, the defence of abstract rights is the province of a small
> sector of the population.  The vast mass believe that (a) they have
> nothing of interest to the powers that be and (b) those that do have
> something to be ashamed of.  So they aren't interested in rights either
> for themselves or others.
> 
> ian