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All it suggests is that the UK is happy to curry favour with the US government and doesn't give a hoot about the perceived rights of American citizens. Harsh, b
by marshmallow_12 6y ago
All it suggests is that the UK is happy to curry favour with the US government and doesn't give a hoot about the perceived rights of American citizens. Harsh, but true.
Their own citizens are an entirely different ballpark, as you might say.
- mhh__ 6y agoThe UK government is also even more lax than the US one with regard to its own citizens privacy.
- marshmallow_12 6y agoI don't know, i think the mentality here is that the government is spying for you, not at you. Is it different in the us? And is that because all revelations revolve around the fact that citizens are being spied on?
- lupire 6y agoThen why do people light british spy cameras on fire so often?
- tomatocracy 6y agoAs someone who lives on the UK, I've never once seen a vandalised CCTV camera or even a vandalised road speed camera (which I'm given to understand is more common).
- _puk 6y agoI've seen many of the early "Gatso[0]" cameras vandalised. My understanding is that they originally used film, which had to be retrieved, so trying to burn it down with a well placed tyre had a chance of avoiding a fine. [0] https://www.speedcamerasuk.com/gatso.htm https://www.speedcamerasuk.com/gatso.htm
- Spare_account 6y agoDo they? I'd like to read about that
- marshmallow_12 6y agocounter spies?