UK says littering should maybe not be considered terrorism
In a landmark psuedo-decision the national government of Britain has decided to stop equating littering with terrorism. It is now safe enough to litter since the government has suggested that surveillance tools and regulations used to attempt to stop terrorism are a bit much when it comes to more mundane offenses - offenses such as underage smoking, unauthorized clamming or pooping dogs. No longer should people have their DNA sampled and stored indefinitely under the guise of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) when dropping a candy wrapper.
Of course true to the deep need that British bureaucrats have to control and frighten citizens, the decision may have been verbalized but no date has been set. It was first suggested in a letter from the Local Government Association in June of this year that use of RIPA for trivial matters was not appropriate. Yesterday Home Office minister Vernon Croaker was entirely non-committal about timing or effort:
We have to stop some of these things happening … We are now in a position where we have to look at the codes of guidance and are having discussions to take this forward so we avoid some of the issues that have arisen in the past… That’s something we need to address. We have to stop some of these things happening that do undermine support.
He also suggested that something would possibly be done in the near future.
Thanks to Freedom News Daily for the tip.
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