Sheeple, is the water starting to feel a little warm?
15-18 months, tick f'n tock... so it was written,
so it will be done. And you know what? You're going
to get everything your apathetic, pseudo-intellectual,
yuppified, in-denial, nellified asses deserve.
In your face debt slaves...
Baaaaah~
San Francisco considers requiring ID scans for most public events
rawstory.com
By Stephen C. Webster
April 12, 2011 @ 2:13 pm
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission was scheduled
Tuesday to consider a proposal that would mandate ID scans
for every person entering a "place of entertainment" attended
by more than 100 people -- a move that immediately
sparked the fears of civil libertarians, who saw it as yet
another encroachment of a creeping "police state" culture.
["yet another," but never enough for the debt slaves to stand up]
The commission said it would take up the proposal [1] at 6:30
p.m. on Tuesday evening, at their typical meeting place in
San Francisco's City Hall.
The proposal before members would also mandate that cameras
be placed in event halls where they can be clearly seen by
attendees. The systems would also need to be freely accessible
to local, state and federal law enforcement on demand.
The rules make no mention of safeguards to protect the
privacy of event patrons. They would instead require that
scanned IDs and video footage from the venues shall be kept
for "no less than 15 days" -- meaning, they would be able to
keep the information forever.
It would also mandate that all event attendees pass through
a metal detector. [Welcome to your prison debt slaves]
The Electronic Frontiers Foundation, a San Francisco-based
privacy non-profit, warned that the rules would ultimately
change the city's culture [2] and infringe on Americans'
civil liberties. [Gee, ya F'n think?!?!]
"Scanning the ID’s of all attendees at an anti-war rally,
a gay night club, or a fundraiser for a civil liberties
organization would have a deeply chilling effect on speech,"
they cautioned in a Monday advisory. "Participants might
hesitate to attend such events if their attendance were
noted, stored, and made available on request to government
authorities. [Gee, ya F'n think?!?!]
"This would transform the politically and culturally tolerant
environment for which San Francisco is famous into a police
state."
A spokesman with the EFF was not available for comment.
Though it would likely affect anti-war rallies or other
political gatherings, the rules would most directly impact
event organizers like concert promoter Live Nation [3]. A
message left for the company's corporate communications
department received no reply.
The California Music and Culture Association said it was
opposed to the proposal, which was initially pitched as
a crackdown on nightclubs [4].
The proposal reads like an eerie echo of a warning imparted
by Texas Republican state Rep. David Simpson, who told Raw
Story last month [5] that he expected a broader push for TSA-
like security at football games and on sidewalks.
"This is not a left or right issue," he said. "They are
treating American citizens with great indignity, and we've
got to make this right."
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