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Friday 27 April 2007

The Prying Eyes of Britain

Since I'm in a ranty and probably overly paranoid mood, did you know that here in Britain, government agents still have the right to enter your house to enter your house and search for materials used to produce "horror comics"?

The powers are just part of a much wider law first introduced in 1955 to combat the perceived menace of horror comics imported into the UK from America, and is, according to CBS reporter Larry Miller, one of more than 250 reasons the state can use to enter your house.

Combined with other laws, it means the British have become one of the world's most officially spied upon people, and what the record number of closed circuit TV cameras don't catch outside, the house invading inspectors will inside...

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