The Database Question
No decision has yet taken by the government as to whether they will create a huge database containing a record of our phone calls, emails, and internet use.
The Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, said that it could be a “step too far for the British way of life”, and then asked the question:
Do we really want the police, security services and other organs of the state to have access to more and more aspects of our private lives?
The answer to this is, of course, no fucking way.
The government already has a whole load of databases containing our personal information, and haven’t exactly shown themselves to be all that good at protecting it.
Why do they need any record of our private communications? They are private for a reason - because they are bugger all to do with the government, or anyone else for that matter. Rather than literally bugging every single one of us, why can’t they just accept that it simply is none of their business and leave us alone?
What they already have is a step too far for the true British way of life. This database would just send it tipping right over - just like ID cardswould.
The government dosen’t need more databases and they already know more about us than they need to. What we the people need is fewer intrusions into our lives by the Big Brother state.
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