I aplogise
for thinking that it was only the US and the UK that were going well over the top on surveillance. After reading my local paper I now understand why so many Dutch are moving to France. If I were one of them, I would also be packing my caravan and leaving those flat plains. My local is a catholic paper, deeply devoted to our government and against nasty socialists.
It seems the Dutch have one of the most extensive camera monitoring system covering train stations and motorways. Policemen now have the power to stop and search people on the trams and buses. They have also introduced identity cards, last seen in Holland during the German occupation in WW II. Furthermore the have , and are actually extending this, closed of entire streets and asked all people found thereon to identify themselves, not letting them go unless this is done. Over the last year they have examined the telephone connections of 900.000 people ( Holland has only 16 million population, that means 5% of the population). The latest powers being pushed through will allow the government/police to investigate the holiday habits, the use of PIN cards and credit cards, and the hobbies of the population.
I will never again think of Holland as a happy liberal place where you can smoke certain substances legally, where abrotions are easy to obtain, and where the inhabitants seem to have an obsession with caravans. Instead, just like Big Brother on TV, your every move is monitored, particularly in the new high tech prison:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/01/19/high.tech.prisons.ap/index.html
For those interested in finding out more about the new Dutch, try
http://wwwbzminbuzanl.econom-i.com/default.asp?CMS_NOCOOKIES=YES&CMS_TCP=tcpAsset&id=8E4981FAFB1A447B87D01B653BBCF43C
http://www.justitie.nl/english/Themes/more_themes/Fight_against_terrorism/index.asp
And for those who are concerned at the consistent erosion of our privacy the following link you provides with some insight:
http://www.ipc.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachments/nat-sec.pdf
It seems the Dutch have one of the most extensive camera monitoring system covering train stations and motorways. Policemen now have the power to stop and search people on the trams and buses. They have also introduced identity cards, last seen in Holland during the German occupation in WW II. Furthermore the have , and are actually extending this, closed of entire streets and asked all people found thereon to identify themselves, not letting them go unless this is done. Over the last year they have examined the telephone connections of 900.000 people ( Holland has only 16 million population, that means 5% of the population). The latest powers being pushed through will allow the government/police to investigate the holiday habits, the use of PIN cards and credit cards, and the hobbies of the population.
I will never again think of Holland as a happy liberal place where you can smoke certain substances legally, where abrotions are easy to obtain, and where the inhabitants seem to have an obsession with caravans. Instead, just like Big Brother on TV, your every move is monitored, particularly in the new high tech prison:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/01/19/high.tech.prisons.ap/index.html
For those interested in finding out more about the new Dutch, try
http://wwwbzminbuzanl.econom-i.com/default.asp?CMS_NOCOOKIES=YES&CMS_TCP=tcpAsset&id=8E4981FAFB1A447B87D01B653BBCF43C
http://www.justitie.nl/english/Themes/more_themes/Fight_against_terrorism/index.asp
And for those who are concerned at the consistent erosion of our privacy the following link you provides with some insight:
http://www.ipc.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachments/nat-sec.pdf
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