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May 21, 2009
British Nanny State Recruits Child Spies for Gaia
Posted by Dave Blount at May 21, 2009 12:25 PM
One of the more chilling aspects of George Orwell's 1984 is how people live in terror of their children, who at any time can report them to the authorities for crimes real or imagined. Like most of the book, this has proven to be prophetic:
Children as young as seven are being recruited by councils to act as 'citizen snoopers', the Daily Mail can reveal.
The 'environment volunteers' will report on litter louts, noisy neighbours — and even families putting their rubbish out on the wrong day.
There are currently almost 9,000 people signed up to the schemes. More are likely to be recruited in the coming months. … After basic training, volunteers are expected to be the 'eyes and the ears' of the town hall.
Recruits are taught to write down license plate numbers, so that enemies of the nanny state can be tracked down and escorted to Room 101 for reprogramming.
Considering that environmental hysteria has been used as a Trojan horse to sneak totalitarianism past the unwary, this is particularly alarming:
Luton Borough Council's Street Seen scheme encourages its 650 volunteers to report 'environmental concerns'. It is also recruiting 'Junior Street Champions', aged between seven and 11. …
Volunteers are given a list of things to do when confronted with fly-tippers, including taking photos 'without being seen'.
"Fly-tipping" is British for illegitimately disposing of waste. Given the surreal nature of Britain's garbage regulations, the only alterative in some cases is to let it pile up in your living room. They'll hit you with a £100 fine for putting out "too much" rubbish on trash day. You can be fined as much as £1,000 for the truly heinous crime of putting out your trash too early.
Airstrip One is officially a dystopia.
On a tip from Hope Angel.
