This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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chickenladytell that to the generations that went to war to fight for privacy
privacy is a survival issue - a natural instinct
it's a simple fact any government will always press for greater control over it's citizens through information and greater survelliance, always with greater security as the excuse - the same thing happened in 30s Germany and with the Stasi in the eastern blocks
it is the age old battle of the individual having to constantly fight the pressure from the state to impose it's will, with the threat and fear of attack from some enemy or other always used as the excuse to abandon personal liberties
and it's no secret they're using anti-terror law for the slightest of offences or for greater control - as an example 2 pensioners were detained at a peace march with anti terror legislation and this is among many
it's easy to get complacent about these things - which is the danger
the Government is there to serve us, not us to serve them - remember that one? we seem to be forgetting this important distinction
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