05-06-2013, 10:19 AM
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Re: Big Brother
Originally Posted by mindbender
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oh the piano tuner? blind?
05-06-2013, 10:47 AM
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Re: Big Brother
Originally Posted by ben-varrey
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Crikey - that must be a first 
Now, I see that as a symptom of the nanny state - thinking everyone has the potential to do you harm when, in reality, most people won't. The worst case I've ever been exposed to was being followed by a man for weeks and I didn't notice until I got home one day and there he was, sitting on my settee - you don't have to go on a forum to attract weirdos, it can happen anywhere without any input from you whatsoever; but it rarely does happen.
05-06-2013, 11:31 AM
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Re: Big Brother
I just have to get on a bus to attract strange people!The only odd thing on social media was a guy who got my e-mail add and wanted to know if I'd ever had an "apple-pie" bed made for me!
Avoid eye contact at all times even with cctv cameras, that's my advice!
Oh, and gorillas!
05-06-2013, 02:46 PM
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Re: Big Brother
Originally Posted by Twizard
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I just have to get on a bus to attract strange people!The only odd thing on social media was a guy who got my e-mail add and wanted to know if I'd ever had an "apple-pie" bed made for me!
Avoid eye contact at all times even with cctv cameras, that's my advice!
Oh, and gorillas!
06-06-2013, 10:50 AM
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Re: Big Brother
Originally Posted by Jem
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I think we are all used to it now, well I am seeing that I live in a city, but it's not so much big brother that annoys me as big Nanny forcing unwanted protection laws on us and banning everything she thinks might harm us, I think Nanny is doing far more damage than Brother, she has already raised a brood of spoilt youngsters, I thing Nanny will be the ruination of the western world.
As for Big Brother I never really understood why people were so paranoid about it. Like ben-varrey, I don't think I do anything that would be remotely interesting to anyone, so I don't care if there are CCTV cameras placed in public places if they are going to be of some benefit. But it seems to have been the start of the "ME,ME,ME" society when people got all uppity about supposed invasion of privacy and "knowing our rights".
I once had some money stolen from my hand luggage as it went through the security process at Heathrow Airport. The police told me they would check the CCTV camera which should show the culprit. But when they did, they found that it had not been working...I wish it had!
14-06-2013, 11:20 AM
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Re: Big Brother
I watched that spitfire and they do seem to get hot under the collar but their main argument seemed to be that it was America accessing information about British citizens more than the listening itself. I agree with them that Britain should maybe consider having its own browsers and rely less on American ones.|
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