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Schoolchildren recruited as spys by UK local councils

dailymail.co.uk — Children are being offered money by councils to spy on neighbours and report petty offences such as 'bin crimes' and dog-fouling. The youngsters are among 5,000 residents encouraged to photograph or video neighbours in the act of 'environmental crimes'.

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  • osullibhean, on 09/07/2008, -1/+4Paid snoops are the hallmark of a totalitarian regime if ever there was one. The petty bureaucrats in UK town halls always displayed a penchant for totalitarian techniques and fascist attitudes, but in recent months they really have been surpassing themselves. Those who dreamed up this Orwellian scheme should be ashamed of themselves. While littering is a problem, there is no excuse whatsoever for employing people to snoop on the activities of others. Leaving aside the dubious morality of this hair-brained idea, as Giovanna, one of the commentators on the Daily Mail article, points out, the scheme is wide-open to all sorts of abuse.
  • Rabbit63, on 09/07/2008, -0/+4Its good to know there are still ways enterprising kids can make some extra pocket money.

    After all there isn't anything in collecting bottles for the refund any more or newspaper rounds, newspaper sales being what they aren't.

    The UK government is coming to the rescue giving kids the chance to make a buck by clicking some happy snaps of Dad's rubbish bin sins or a bit of video of aunt Marg's dog pooping in the park.

    Hardly a day goes by these days without some new sign of the progress of the human race in its striving for perfection in government. Leaders like those in the UK and the USA set examples that few nations can follow
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