Striking the Balance

[Ian G Batten]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Ian Johnson wrote:

> Secondly, Data acquired for one purpose or investigation shouldn't be 
> available for another. Otherwise we have an Orwellian structure to
> control the population.

Just trust the Ministry of Truth, and all will be well.

Hey, is it just me, or is the Home Office's use of ``Public Safety'' an
echo of ``Committee of Public Safety''?  There's an outline at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/courses/europe1/chron/csp.htm.  You'd have
thought that the Home Office would have a few people with an historical
perspective, but perhaps they assume that the rest of us don't.

ian