Comments on: Gordon’s ‘Gestapo’. http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/gordons-gestapo/ There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:38:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John-Ward Leighton http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/gordons-gestapo/#comment-6764 John-Ward Leighton Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:18:14 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/?p=1402#comment-6764 The UK is tasking the lead, but other so called democracies are watching. In the case of Canada and the USA the government spy on their citizens illegally all the time. One of the things I learned as a Private Investigator and as a "spook" for the Signal corp is that the right to privacy is a myth and if you are the target for any reason trivial or criminal it can come back to bite you on the butt, i.e. no fly lists, etc etc. JWL The UK is tasking the lead, but other so called democracies are watching. In the case of Canada and the USA the government spy on their citizens illegally all the time.

One of the things I learned as a Private Investigator and as a “spook” for the Signal corp is that the right to privacy is a myth and if you are the target for any reason trivial or criminal it can come back to bite you on the butt, i.e. no fly lists, etc etc.

JWL

]]> By: SilverTiger http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/gordons-gestapo/#comment-6755 SilverTiger Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:26:42 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/?p=1402#comment-6755 While the EU has pulled our chestnuts from the fire this time, we may not be so lucky in other cases. The UK is sleep-walking into a police state and its citizens don't seem to care. While the EU has pulled our chestnuts from the fire this time, we may not be so lucky in other cases. The UK is sleep-walking into a police state and its citizens don’t seem to care.

]]> By: Ginnie http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/gordons-gestapo/#comment-6751 Ginnie Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:44:14 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/?p=1402#comment-6751 I can answer this and your last blog John by just saying that today when a curt saleslady asked me for my zip code before she rang up my item and I refused to give it to her she became very, very rude. She said that it was just for a survey that her store was doing and I told her that I could care less about her survey and she didn't need my zip code to take my money. Like you, I can't see giving more info than is absolutely necessary. When she called her supervisor over I told him that I'd be happy to buy my purchase from a competing store and all of a sudden they didn't need my zip code ! Amazing... I can answer this and your last blog John by just saying that today when a curt saleslady asked me for my zip code before she rang up my item and I refused to give it to her she became very, very rude. She said that it was just for a survey that her store was doing and I told her that I could care less about her survey and she didn’t need my zip code to take my money. Like you, I can’t see giving more info than is absolutely necessary. When she called her supervisor over I told him that I’d be happy to buy my purchase from a competing store and all of a sudden they didn’t need my zip code ! Amazing…

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