I believe the government wishes to use online surveillance to help track down terrorists, and anyone else that wishes or can do harm upon those they are meant to protect.
I doubt they would do it just for the heck of it...
-Gandolf
You are far too trusting of the government. 9/11 was
not a terrorist attack; it was a move in a battle from a war the US government started in the cold war. The governments of the world use the concept of terrorism to justify the use of surveillance techniques. Again, why?
Because in a post-Thatcherist society, there is no more ideology. Instead, we have allowed it to turn into personality based politics, which is basically a dictatorship dressed in false democracy. The prime ministers and presidents adjust the world as they see fit; getting their reasons from pressure groups. Labour have engineered a racist society by not fighting the nationalists; the nationalist party blames unemployment on immigration, and instead of the government counter-blasting their argument, they start placing immigration quotas. Another example would be the ban on smoking indoors; the justification was protecting children and employees in the hospitality sector. Who engineered the concept of second hand smoke? Anti-smoking groups, who work with pharmaceutical companies to get the National Health Service to stock up on expensive nicotine replacement therapies (which do not work, for many millions of smokers, I might add).
Not only did the government listen to the concept of second hand smoke (which has been scientifically proven to be bullshit by the World Health Organisation), but they also took action and banned a legal habit from many places. The hospitality industry has been hit very badly, with hundreds of pubs, bars and clubs still closing daily. Why? To protect children and employees.
First of all, children aren't even allowed in pubs, bars and clubs, so what difference does that make? Employees is a different matter; however, if they were miners and started claiming compensation because they lost a finger while on the job, it would be pointed out that mining is a dangerous job, getting fingers chopped off or emphysema is a hazard of the job, and if they didn't feel up to it, they should have left their post a long time ago. Even then, enclosed smoking and non smoking sections should suffice and keep everyone happy.
If a government have something off the agenda and want to control it's people, they find some soy-drinking little Hitlers who want to ruin the planet, make everything expensive, trod on thousands of people, dress them up as a charity and let the news cameras roll.
