Problem-reaction-solution

Problem-reaction-solution

This is a quote from David Icke's books on one very tidy way a government could introduce otherwise horrendous laws in the name of security. The formula goes as follows:

1) The government want to introduce a law to repress the community, but would never get away with it.

2) If something awful happened the community would want new restrictions to stop it happening again, so 'someone' makes such an incident happen, and the people call for action.

3) The previously unthinkable law is introduced, with the full blessing of the community, as the government's unfortunate but unavoidable response to prevent such a disaster happening again.

Of course, though no one has yet provided any proof a government has done this (like they would get a chance...), it would be a very plausible method of allowing unscrupulous governments (do I really need to use the word for any specific ones or would it descibe them all?) to get through nasty oppressive laws for whatever reasons they feel it would help them (not us).

So when I read yesterday Charles Clarke is now planning to change the law to allow the government agencies to read all our emails and tap all our phone calls as a result of the London bombing it fit this formula perfectly.

Read all our emails? Such an infringement of human rights would have been unheard of before 911, let alone tapping every phone call, which virtually needs almost a judge in court to approve a single instance. Well, it used to. And now, suddenly, it's to be an open season.

Imagine in reverse, the government wanted to bring in this act for their own nasty reasons, and knew in normal circumstances they'd end up along with the National Front if they put it up as one of their official policies. So they do the usual, sound reasonable and promise many things they never intened to do (I won't try and prove that here, but many have before me), get voted in, and then have 5 years to make anything happen they have the resources to bring about. Don't ask me why they would do this, again, I leave that to the conspiracy theorists, but the wacky world of David Icke and others has just overlapped with my own reality and something has to be pointed out to tell people about it. Just thinking of my own emails and phone calls, I wouldn't ever be arrested but I could sure as hell be committed, and that's just me. What do you think they'd learn from yours?
But it sure put the shits up me seeing the almost instant response in the newspapers without a word of opposition, where a week ago such a policy would have led to a mutiny. They'll get away with this one 100%, and what if they had planned to bring it in before the recent election? Just an idea...