Anything is possible
I have been noticing more and more the - think of a story, stand it up - method. With the Killer Bees in mind, I noticed an article by a "futurologist" in the Sun over the weekend about the amount of surveillance in Britain. Many of the papers have approached this subject since it was revealed that there is 1 camera to every 14 people.
I found it funny to see that the Sun has employed an "expert" to warn its readers of the possibility that thought police could tell if a "criminal beat someone up for their ipod or because they were black, so it will know whether it was a racist crime". It's amazing what they can make into a story. I wonder whether the creation of a futurologist turns speculation into fact. If so, what isn't possible? Everything's a story so long as someone can back it up as a possility.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006510107,00.html
posted by Mary-Ann at 11:23 pm
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It is particularly ironic that the Sun should get on a high horse about that since it is part of the News Corp MySpace nexus. My Space works like a form of electronic tagging and knows all the consumer and leisure interests of its users. Mind you Google/Blogger is similar. It knows where I am right now, writing thsi for example.
It worries me how far their influence reaches. It seems that the Sun says one thing and does another.
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