Article: Britain To Put CCTV Cameras Inside Private Homes
August 05 2009 by 
David R. McGraw II
Found this article on WIRED.com...
"As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the governments latest plan: to install Orwell’s telescreens in 20,000 homes."
£400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and
monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To make
sure the kids are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating
their vegetables. The scheme has, astonishingly, already been running
in 2,000 family homes. The government’s “children’s secretary” Ed Balls
is behind the plan, which is aimed at problem, antisocial families. The
idea is that, if a child has a more stable home life, he or she will be
less likely to stray into crime and drugs."
I do understand that citizens in the UK are not born with the rights as we are in America, and our liberty is far more secure than theirs is. This is distrurbing becuase we are all lead to believe that our greatest ally is alot like us, when in fact this just goes to show how off base our greatest ally is.
The rationale of government survaliance in order to produce better children, is beyond my understanding as a liberty loving American.
Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/britain-to-put-cctv-cameras-inside-private-homes/
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Aug 5, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Confirmed this story with another article.
Daily Express: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/115736/Sin-bins-for-worst-families