Man there is just WAY to many things to start to try and cover, living in Britain, which is the most watch country in the world, with something stupid like 20 CCTV cameras to each person, it's nuts, they're trying to "make" people carry ID Cards, like you have to do in 99% of Europe if not the world, i have to admit i was a little naive about the whole ID issue, until getting busted for skating in Barca, and having no papers, we got off with playing dumb, then the same happend in Lyon.
So after a bit of banter with some friends, basically no ID in France = prison till someone comes with ID for you, apparently it's the same in most of Europe, ok, most Mediteranian countries are pretty slack on that front, but, it actually made me think about it.
If i get busted skating in the UK and get my "name and address" take, i normally lie, there's nothing to say that i'm not the said lie so they have to just let you go, if they need to search you they have to arrest you, for whatever you've done wrong, but what's fucked now is they make you look at the CCTV cameras so they can get you on camera, they can then follow you home, etc....
I know no one here likes the idea of ID cards, i understand the point, but i also like being completely invisable, once i leave my house, i am basically totally invisable to the authorities, ID cards, chipping, etc is just fucked.
Doing it to Criminals is something different, but man, the idea of big brother watching me 24/7 is not something i like -
I thank you for my off tangent rant
Ohh and Canada/America/Mexico all joining up to become a one power state, so it'll be like the EU, but instead of everyone bitching and moaning about what a banana should look like it'll just be 3 countries being shitty to South America (who will obviously want to join county by country) - i can see the idea, but man, the Euro is starting to get hated and thank fuck the UK kept it's currency, thank fuck we're a little island that's bitch slapped invaders for (coming up to) a 1000 years
I'm actually proud to be British, and yes that's me accepting England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Jersey, etc as part of my culture.
Fuck i might be watched constantly but we've kept our identity