Wednesday, April 30, 2008
uk crossing guards join the surveillance state
from danger room: "If you wanted a sure sign that the Orwell-ization of Great Britain is underway, then look no further than this," says Gizmodo. "Lollipop ladies, those kindly old women who man the main roads next to school, similar to the US crossing guard, have been issued video cameras to record lollipop rage - as school-side road rage is known." Shoot me.
fair use notice: this site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. we are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, & social justice issues, etc. we believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. In accordance with title 17 usc section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.