Another fine GB Plan for sailors (Discuss!)

[Beadle]

Re: Just a thought

I would have thought that E European nationals, being EU citizens and hence having the right to live and work here would not be counted as "immigrants"

One wonders how they recognise "immigrants" as opposed to tourists who simply forget to go home.

Similarly what is the status of "refugees" as opposed to "asylum seekers" or "failed asylum seekers"

Personally I wouldn't believe a government statistic that told me 2+2=4

 

[bamse]

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Think we should all have RFID implants, that way all our movements could be plotted. If you haven't got one. Tazer you out of the country!!

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Nice idea - but scarily not new news - there have been many references in ID card legislation/proposals/discussions to proximity detection/reading of ID card - commonly interpreted as RFID. Scanners in high-streets, stations, airports (shops? wouldn't they just be delighted to know more about who was entering leaving) could log your every move.

So,
1) Implement ID cards
2) Make people carry them (otherwise what's the point,right?)
3) Errr, we're pretty much not too far off your tongue-in-cheek scenario, which actually now looks scarily orwellian rather than lightly humourous....

 

[Sultans_Kapitein]

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Think we should all have RFID implants, that way all our movements could be plotted. If you haven't got one. Tazer you out of the country!!

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Nice idea - but scarily not new news - there have been many references in ID card legislation/proposals/discussions to proximity detection/reading of ID card - commonly interpreted as RFID. Scanners in high-streets, stations, airports (shops? wouldn't they just be delighted to know more about who was entering leaving) could log your every move.

So,
1) Implement ID cards
2) Make people carry them (otherwise what's the point,right?)
3) Errr, we're pretty much not too far off your tongue-in-cheek scenario, which actually now looks scarily orwellian rather than lightly humourous....

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Did anyone see the film with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, 'Demolition Man' ? How far away from that do you think we really are?

Mal

 

[rhumlady]

The worry is who is monitoring these forum with all this dissent?

 

[iangrant]

er - try sailing in Portugal or the Caribbean - log in with full ships papers - log out with full ships papers even just sailing down the coast/o/night!

The simple sail will soon become a nightmare when the UK Gov catch up

Ian