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True, hard to draw a firm conclusion because of that point. Based on the 'leaflet' they provide when you are detained refusing to hand over passwords can lead t
by k-mcgrady 9y ago
True, hard to draw a firm conclusion because of that point. Based on the 'leaflet' they provide when you are detained refusing to hand over passwords can lead to arrest so I drew the conclusion based on that. If we look at it the other way though (based on your point) it's also scary as if they are detaining people who then refuse to give passwords and they don't arrest them (which they have the right to do) why are those people being detained at all? Again, the correct answer if we don't know but it could speak to some degree of racial profiling or simply very poor/incompetent screening that's catching and inconveniencing a lot of people.
- DanBC 9y agoYes, the powers are really scary, and it seems obvious to me that they're being misused. The UK is weirdly comfortable with massive levels of surveillance.
- therealidiot 9y agoI think most voters don't understand the issues, or feel defeated Maybe, I mean I don't know about "most voters" to be honest. I certainly feel like we're defeated and will be walked all over for the rest of our sad existence
- jacquesm 9y agoSelective enforcement is worse than enforcement by-the-book.
- mc32 9y agoIt works with traffic citations and with tax enforcement. I mean if from a behavioral perspective you're looking for a given result with minimized work, selective enforcement is a decent option.
- Floegipoky 9y agoExcept for the disproportionate racial bias, which we see with both airport security and traffic citations
- thaumasiotes 9y agoWhat exactly is working about traffic citations? As far as I can see, compliance with traffic regulations hovers around 0%, and traffic citations serve no purpose other than as an arbitrary tax falling on unlucky people.
- k-mcgrady 9y agoThis probably highly depends on the country and cultural attitudes.