So, we're saying kdps is a shill account being operated by the /. 'editors' to provoke and promote 'discussion' and a 'debate'; that we're being manipulated and incited in order to increase pageviews and comments?

10 But don't worry!

20 The other political party will promise to undo/block all that nasty surveillance/snooping if you vote them into power.

30 And then, when they get into power, they will change their minds and come up with something worse.

40 Goto 10

Basic politics in a Western 'Democracy'.

Yes. Global.

The Pirate Bay seems to be down!

This isn't what you expected!

We'd appreciate it if you could try again in this time, however we realise there are some people out there that ignore this and continue to click refresh, hit F5 and things trying to get to see if it's working yet. This proxy is provided by the The Pirate Party UK.

They could also use a proofreader.

See my signature.

And I've been looking forward to replacing my obsolete television every couple of years.

Nope, not 'as opposed to' the previous government. In addition to.

I only mentioned the current one because they're the ones with power at the time of writing. If Labour get in after that, there will be more fucking with people, their rights and freedoms and well being.

I'm more afraid of my government than I am of Al Quaeda.

I know the government can fuck with me, because for the last two years of a five-year term, they have been fucking with me and everyone else. And they show no signs of slowing. The true destroyers of Britain are the Tories and their LibDem enablers, not some remote dark-skinned jihadists who, statistically, pose less danger than a traffic accident.

Athletes are considered corporate cattle with reduced rights.
Viewers are considered potential terrorists with weapons aimed at them.

People still watch/attend the Four Year Games because?

Mandatory Happy Fun Time, citizen.

Now get back in line before they start the collective punishment, and you get shivved in the showers.

They use Cleanfeed, BT's transparent proxy.

It was created to block child pornography. Now it's also used to protect outdated business models.

When it was just blocking child porn, I dare say most people were OK with it. Now it's going to add 'copyright censorship'; soon, who knows what? Political sites, hate speech. And it'll gradually lose support and the means to circumvent its censorship will proliferate and become commonplace, making it entirely useless in doing the job it was designed for.

They're idiots. But that's not news.

An even more accurate way to look at it is "Obama's security team fails to do its job".