Citizen randomly searched under S.44 of the Terrorism Act

politics.phreadz.com — The power of citizen journalism - a guy gets randomly chosen to be searched under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, 2000 at London's Waterloo station. Films it all on his mobile phone. Discussion ensues. The best way to defeat abuses of power is to educate people! Spread the word, digg it! Aug 19, 2008 View in Crawl 4

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oddb0d Aug 19, 2008

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"the alternative is far less appealing" - you mean freedom to go about your day without being searched for no reason? They don't do this for your safety, they do this to exert control over you. As I said - show me the figures that this works...

ubadboy Aug 19, 2008

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sigh...so sad, the problem the security forces have is few people know when they have done a good job, only when they fail, usually because people die and the same poor darlings that are crying over their perceived loss of liberty (or whatever the latest conspiracy theory may be) end up complaining that they aren't doing enough...show me the figure that is doesn't work, if an officer wants to stop me randomly then fine, go ahead, want to check my bags, sure, no problem I have no issue with that other than sadness at the world environment that makes it necessary. there is nothing in there that will cause any issues. people in the UK have no idea how lucky they really are (when it comes to personal freedom) due mainly because of the affirmative and proactive action of the security service.As for excerpting control, yeah ok, whatever / sigh

ch1x0r8ed Aug 19, 2008Submitter

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Exacltly. Decent people are being treated like criminals all over the world now, and though I agree security measures should be put and kept in place (I too don't have a problem with co-operating with security checks at an airport for example) I don't believe in wasting time, resources and taxpayers' money on random, unsuccessful checks that prove nothing and only instil fear and paranoia in citizens. Fear makes citizens more pliable and ultimately breeds hatred (raising trends in racism and bigotry towards Islamic people for instance), and that's the last thing we need. Power to the People!