BillyRay
12-Mar-2010, 03:11 PM
Found this article, via BoingBoing;
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100303/tts-uk-olympics-london-ca02f96.html
The bit about Police Powers (scroll down) I can only call Corporate-Orewllian:
Police will have powers to enter private homes and seize posters, and will be able to stop people carrying non-sponsor items to sporting events.
"I think there will be lots of people doing things completely innocently who are going to be caught by this, and some people will be prosecuted, while others will be so angry about it that they will start complaining about civil liberties issues," Chadwick said.
"I think what it will potentially do is to prompt a debate about the commercial nature of the Games. Do big sponsors have too much influence over the Games?"
Any thoughts from the UK side of the pond?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100303/tts-uk-olympics-london-ca02f96.html
The bit about Police Powers (scroll down) I can only call Corporate-Orewllian:
Police will have powers to enter private homes and seize posters, and will be able to stop people carrying non-sponsor items to sporting events.
"I think there will be lots of people doing things completely innocently who are going to be caught by this, and some people will be prosecuted, while others will be so angry about it that they will start complaining about civil liberties issues," Chadwick said.
"I think what it will potentially do is to prompt a debate about the commercial nature of the Games. Do big sponsors have too much influence over the Games?"
Any thoughts from the UK side of the pond?