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Old 30-12-2014, 16:30   #28
Barrie Yates
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Re: Glasgow bin wagon crash.

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
Surveillance is only one aspect of governmental attempts to control discourse, or, at least, channel free speech into acceptable directions. There are other, unofficial, bodies who also try to enforce control. Fox "News" comes to mind. As Goebbels was well aware, and, of course, Orwell in "1984" and "Animal Farm", who controls discourse controls the people. Political Correctness is the new Ministry of Truth.
The Government doesn't need to do it in UK - the BBC manage quite well on their own.
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