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Is it just me or does 118k signatures seem absolutely pitiful? I heard it mentioned over and over that the vast majority of citizens is in support of this (and
by Udo 10y ago
Is it just me or does 118k signatures seem absolutely pitiful? I heard it mentioned over and over that the vast majority of citizens is in support of this (and any other) Orwellian law, and judged from a distance this seems like a correct assessment. If there was any public resistance worth mentioning, shouldn't there be millions of people not only giving signatures but protesting in the streets?
- OJFord 10y agoNot as compared to others; I think there's a certain sense of 'why bother' once a petition hits 100k (the requirement to be considered for debate).
- djmobley 10y agoEven so, with a concerted effort, you could probably get 118k people to sign just about any petition.
- pjc50 10y agoThe press generally support it, which tells you all you need to know. I suspect the Mail et al are looking forward to being able to bribe policemen to give them people's browsing histories. The public are remarkably conformist and illiberal compared to even Hacker News. (The UK has never had a populist revolution against a "dictator" to look back on, which means there's a lot of "couldn't happen here". The truth is that there is a history of police repression, it's just on a small scale and directed against groups that can be singled out and made to look non-respectable. Also, I think most UK and US citizens have internalised the idea that intelligence services can look at anything they want, legality be damned.)