Jump to content
The Emma-Watson.net Forum
Forum Updated. Login Problem? Please read.

Imagine

Forum Moderators
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    3,065

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Imagine

    Tobacco hidden from customers

    in Current Events and Topical discussion

    Posted

    In the Uk now we have this legislation/law that means all supermarkets have to hide all their tobacco products. In my supermarket where I work, our cigarette kiosk has sliding doors covering all of it, and as staff we are not allowed to open the doors for longer than 5 seconds each time, and can only have one door open at one time.

     

    The brilliant reasoning behind this, is that the government and their experts think that by covering the cigarettes less people are likely to smoke, and less young people are likely to begin smoking because its not part of the culture around them. If they cant explicitly see cigarettes they think that they wont buy them or want them.

     

    I think it is the most stupidest thing ive ever come across, even worse than the THINK 25 policy we have in my supermarket. I smoked from a young age, and I still have the odd packet from time to time - and i wish i could tell the idiots who implemented this that if someone wants to smoke they will do. And by hiding them, your making it far more exciting to buy and have.

     

    Idiots lol. What do you guys think.

     

    Link to a article on it. The Sun

    If you were Prime Minister or President for a week, what would you do?

    in Current Events and Topical discussion

    Posted

    As Prime Minister i would,

     

    - Bring petrol down below a pound a litre like in the good old days.

    - Tax Cigarettes and alcohol more heavily.

    - Build a few more prisons (might take longer than a week, but id implement it)- in doing this, the criminal justice system can lock more people away instead of giving them community orders.

    - Heating allowance for poor families and not just for the elderly.

    - Remove stamp duty for first time home buyers.

    - Sort the benefit system out, as i know a family who do not work because it means they are better off if they dont work due to all the benefits they get. If they both worked, they would have to pay all their rent/council tax/bills.

    - Tax the rich heavily.

    The UK snooping plan

    in Current Events and Topical discussion

    Posted

    Going off topic here, but when it comes to paedophiles, the so called "Justice System" is totally messed up. Last year I was sexually assaulted by a, then, 16 year old boy. I kept it secret for about 6 months and then my parents found out and we reported it to the police. They found 5 child pornography videos on his laptop hard drive, 4 of the least serious class, and one of the most serious class. In questioning he admitted to 21 separate allegations of sexual assault. This paedophile lives about a mile down the road from me, he has not been given a prison sentence.

     

    The police in the UK are bloody useless (this is coming from a boy who has wanted to be a police officer since the age of 3), so some stupid snooping legislation isnt going to make them any better. Another thing is, the News of the World have gotten into some deep shit over this exact matter, so if they arent allowed to listen in on Milly Dowler's voicemail, then why should MI6?

     

    EDIT: Sorry about the ranting, just pisses me off.

     

    I am truly sorry to hear that, i am. The criminal justice system in the UK is a terrible system, it does not work in the slightest and I will agree with you on that one. I wish that person suffers in some way in his life for what he has done, because i know the criminal justice system wont punish him for it.

     

    The news of the world did do wrong, because they are not allowed to snoop on people it is illegal. Even private investigators are not allowed to do what the news of the world did, but if they do they cannot use it in their reports. At the end of the day, this legislation will help people, it might not be obvious and it will not affect any of us at all. But in some way it will help.

     

    The security services and the police, know who they are looking for, they have a list of suspects and their associates. These are the people who they will monitor closely. They just need the legislation to carry it out. I don't think we need to worry too much, they will not be watching everybody. They neither have the time, nor the resources.

     

     

    Exactly :)

    The UK snooping plan

    in Current Events and Topical discussion

    Posted · Edited by Imagine

    Uhm i don't know if it will sound silly but who would be stupid enough as to email or text about any terroristic action? Especially when they know they're being watched.

     

    It happens, but its not just about terrorism its also about hackers being able to hack into our security systems and stealing secret intelligence too. Which they all do over the internet.

     

    Plus criminals who are clever who tend to do this over the internet, have codes. They will write in anything, numbers, symbols, cryptic sentences - but because the government have code breakers working for them they can tell when someone is doing something naughty. Not sure how, but they can.

     

    To be honest, I think that this is a bloody disgrace. You could go as far as saying that it contradicts Article 19 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the aforementioned article states: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

     

    If people hold extremist views, then they have the right to have those opinions, Governments cannot spy on people's every movement.

     

    Under the terrorism act 2006, anybody suspected of conspiracy of terrorism can be detained for up to 90 days without any evidence found on them, only a suspicion. While that individual is detained their privacy is ripped away from them when their computer and home are searched. Just like any other criminal, every criminal is treated the same.

     

    I want to reiterate, they will not delve deep into someones private online rights unless they have a deep suspicion of wrong doing. Therefore it cannot contradict the human rights or the convention of human rights.

     

    It will only breach the human rights article of privacy, if for example my computer is being watched right now even though I google clothes,check my bank balance online, facebook, email to my boyfriend, etc. That would be a breach of privacy, because I am not committing a criminal offence.

     

    I also want to point out to all, that it isnt just being used for outside threats. It is also being used for domestic crimes, like a paedophiles, child sex rings, etc. So therefore I think everyone would agree with me that it is not a breach of human rights if they are being surveyed.

    The UK snooping plan

    in Current Events and Topical discussion

    Posted · Edited by Imagine

    Thank you for clearing this point up! I was under the understanding they they literally were just going to start tacking everything because that is what Rena's post made it sound like. If the case is just that key words will sort of act as triggers that intelligence can act off of then I have no problem with this at all! I take back what I have said above lol. I really did think they were just going to start monitoring everything, which is why I questioned if this came from a reliable source. I didn't think anything like that would happen in the UK. Thanks for explaining that better Andrea! I should have asked you to begin with seeing as this is your area of expertise after all!!!

     

    Unfortunately the media will literally make it sound like that, the article no doubt makes it sound like that. Because its interesting and shocking that way, but unfortunately it is a lot more boring than that. Plus it would cost billions to get someone to sit in front of all our boring crap on the internet. But it is a big problem we need to fix, as there is approximately around 30% of traffic online that is criminal against countries like terrorism, trafficking, drugs, cyber theft etc.

    The UK snooping plan

    in Current Events and Topical discussion

    Posted

    As a criminologist, i have to agree with this new movement. It is for the safety of us all, not just the UK but the rest of the world. Any information found in emails or the web will be used to protect us.

     

    The way it sounds is that people will be sat in front of computers reading everything. This is not true, basically any key words used online will be picked up, and if the intelligence officer feels its a threat then action is taken. And besides if people want to read my emails they can lol very boring emails.

     

    It will protect us, and I am all for it. For example, Intelligence officers missed the threat of the tube bombings in London 2005. Had they the ability what this will do, they could have probably seen it coming.

     

    Plus the amount of threats the US and the UK quash on a daily basis due to intelligence finding is incredible, if we did not have the ability to survey and now go in over the internet to find threats there would be a good chance we would be a insecure nation.

     

    It is also not a breach of human rights before someone says it, yes we have the right to privacy. But they are not invading your privacy, but the moment you say something stupid that would make you a potential war criminal for example your rights are instantly removed from you.

×
×
  • Create New...