any doubt we live in a police state

parmopooly · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:05 am

have surely been dispelled now - we really do live in one

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7654321.stm

Thinwall · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:34 am

The term police state describes a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population.
A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control,and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive.
The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views,
which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force (paid informers) which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional governance. :grin:

It'll be full street cctv coverage and id cards next rolfl

That's my door getting kicked in at 3 o'clock in the morning. bbolt

parmopooly · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:08 am

yep - you've pretty much summed it up.......................

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:51 pm

parmopooly wrote:

police state

Portsmouth Poolie · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:06 pm

parmopooly wrote:

have surely been dispelled now - we really do live in one

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7654321.stm

Why are these measures in place for this game though??

Is it different from any other?

You could maybe understand it if they were playing England but

Frodraff · **Posted:** Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:43 am

Thinwall wrote:

The term police state describes a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population.
A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control,and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive.
The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views,
which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force (paid informers) which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional governance. :grin:

It'll be full street cctv coverage and id cards next rolfl

Frodraff wrote:

Thats quite interesting. When we visited our kid in China earlier this year I asked my lovely chinese sister-in-law where in China she would like to live. She told us that her family book was in Nanning and she couldn't move anywhere else in Chna. I must say it was the only sign of repression that was evident. Apart that is from all the grand parents looking after very well behaved single children and very few disabled people (suspiciously so) on the streets.

That's my door getting kicked in at 3 o'clock in the morning. bbolt

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:22 pm

Is'nt this a mammoth task with them having so many drunks and pishheads .. :-o

mouldy old dough · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:47 pm

I think its more the fact they wear kilts with no under crackers and they flash there cordy's at people.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:21 pm

and that's just the women

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:34 pm

Frodraff wrote:

Thats quite interesting. When we visited our kid in China earlier this year I asked my lovely chinese sister-in-law where in China she would like to live. She told us that her family book was in Nanning and she couldn't move anywhere else in Chna. I must say it was the only sign of repression that was evident. Apart that is from all the grand parents looking after very well behaved single children and very few disabled people (suspiciously so) on the streets.

You can move if you want but it's like an internal visa job and very hard to do. It's designed to keep all the country dwellers from becoming tramps in the city. Otherwise the population of Beijing would be 1.27 billion. :shock:

They let me in because they said they didn't want to offend hartlepool, and ten Poolies would see off the Chinese Army. :grin:

In a drinking contest. :evil:

any doubt we live in a police state

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