Hi-yes this aspect is a bit Orwellian isn't it. There's no real sign that anyone is being more careful with their comments under the threat of police action but it's a warning about surveillance I suppose
It's also an easy arrest for the authorities. There's an interesting book from the seventies written by a Manchester University chap "The Police We Deserve".
Margaret P seems to get the balance right [p11*] It's all about taste. Tragedy does lead to jokes to cope [as with the jewish experience] but that's different to nasty anonymous inadequate text vandals. We should be able to put them down with humour but they would need to be grown up enough to understand it. I think time is another factor but modern society has one off reminder events that declare the subject "holy" all over again eg the enormous fuss re the Titanic-other ships have gone down! I was on a forum at that time where moderators decided that all posts about the event would be deleted "out of respect"-where does that end! Not only was there no discussion about the decision, it wasn't announced-confusion all round
[I'm sure it's better here].
Orwell thought we would all be under constant watch via our TV sets and only the elite would have private lives. A lot of that is now true and I like to see the look on peoples faces when you remind them that CCTV cameras aren't as significant as mobile phones tracking their every move volountarily!
I watched the live feed of the two minutes silence from Glasgow yesterday.
Impressive but some aspects? I'll leave it there out of respect and [hopefully] in good taste.
Dave W
"In The Future When All's Well" Morrissey