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August 25, 2002
Sunday
 
 
Britain's secret war
David Carr (London)  Activism

Is Britain revolting? According to this report in the Straits Times the British are as MAD as hell and they're not going to take it anymore.

"This week, anonymous letters were sent to national newspapers by an organisation calling itself Motorists Against Detection (Mad), claiming responsibility for the acts of vandalism against the cameras.

The growing number of attacks on cameras in recent weeks signalled the start of a British-wide assault on the devices, Mad warned.

Although thousands of cameras have been damaged, police have not received a single message from any passing driver reporting a vandalism. As a result, no one so far has been caught damaging a camera.

Strangely, though, not so much as a word about this in the British press. So what's the score? Was it simply a slow-news day in Singapore, so time for a bit of journalistic licence? Or is it being kept quiet here for fear that publicity will only fuel further civil disobediance?

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