Not from me pal !
I am fed up with the USA trying to be the worlds police force, christ have they seen the state of their own police force.
Always trying to get the world to live to their gunslinger standards.
I am sure Americans think that Hollywood is a true reflection on how they rule the world.
Thankfully that havent ruined our game YET. But they are a serious threat to our football and the world.
You know, I have no great love for the People's Republic of China. I worked there, for a year in the eighties, and I saw close up and personal what living in a totalitarian state on a day-to-day, minute-to-minute basis really means. I've been there much more recently on a visit to Shanghai, and although consumer society has put a veneer on it, it is still a society whose leaders are obsessed with social control.
That said: I know exactly how they think, and I understand it in this case. For a large part of the twentieth century, and all of this, the premise behind America's behaviour in the world is, very simply, that there is one rule for all other nations, and no rules for America. It can just do what the hell it feels like doing because well… it's America, isn't it, and In God We Trust. When America put blanket satellite coverage up into the air and basically gave it into the hands of the NSA, they made it possible to implement surveillance down to every square metre on this planet. They sure as hell didn't ask anyone else if they gave their permission, or if they wanted it. It was good for America (and for that hallowed phrase homeland security) and that was it. No arguments needed.
The Chinese look at that, and they see it as arrogance. And in this case, I happen to agree with them (although on not much else). Sending up a surveillance balloon over South America is very, very small potatoes.
I want to be watched neither by the United States of America nor by China, nor by any other power on earth without my knowledge, and my consent as a citizen.
If you live a normal, decent, unadventurous life in China and follow the rules, you can live a good life. You can ride a motorcycle without a helmet there you know....Maybe it would be better if China or Russia became the world’s police force instead.
I’m sure those two nations would embrace the liberal and democratic standards the West has become accustomed to …
Unadventurous? In other words conform to everything 'they' say.If you live a normal, decent, unadventurous life in China and follow the rules, you can live a good life. You can ride a motorcycle without a helmet there you know....
I read somewhere that the UK has the most security cameras per capita than any other nation.
I doubt the old East Berlin was as bad in terms of constant surveillance of the general population - the technology wasn't up to it then. A awful lot of changes took place in the wake of 9/11. Many as emergency measures, but no sign of any being rolled back now the emergency is over, and of course we've had a concurrent leap in the internet and surveillance technology. I sometimes wonder if my 80's or 90's self would've believed what sort of a world we'd be in today in this respect - it's not quite 'skynet' but it's certainly moving fast in that direction.The world is becoming more like a huge open prison daily, with all the
security cameras, fences, name badges and hi vis vests.
I don't care for all this myself. It's like the old East Berlin or somewhere.
Roll up for your yellow stars....
The world is becoming more like a huge open prison daily, with all the
security cameras, fences, name badges and hi vis vests.
I don't care for all this myself. It's like the old East Berlin or somewhere.
Roll up for your yellow stars....
By the time it had been detected and destroyed it had more than likely completed its tasking and uploaded the data to a satellite.Don’t know if I’m missing something here but it’s not a very good spy balloon if everyone can see it is it?…..
I read somewhere that the UK has the most security cameras per capita than any other nation.