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July 21, 2006
Friday
 
 
Samizdata quote of the day
Guy Herbert (London)  Privacy & Panopticon • Slogans/quotations
All politicians are collectivists. They don't care about privacy.
- Professor Ian Angell, quoted on ZDNet
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...................except if it's their own!


Posted by permanentexpat at July 21, 2006 02:33 PM

Prescott and his secretary certainly didn't care about privacy - they even left the door open to his office so that the other 7 bureaucrats could share in the fun ...


Posted by Julian Taylor at July 21, 2006 06:36 PM

All politicians are collectivists, but some are more collectivist than others.

Best regards


Posted by Nigel Sedgwick at July 22, 2006 06:25 PM
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