Havet
25th August 2009, 23:52
Via Wendy McElroy:
http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.2647
400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To make sure the kids are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating their vegetables. The scheme has, astonishingly, already been running in 2,000 family homes. The governments childrens secretary Ed Balls is behind the plan, which is aimed at problem, antisocial families. The idea is that, if a child has a more stable home life, he or she will be less likely to stray into crime and drugs.
It gets worse. The government is also maintaining a private army, incredibly not called Thought Police, which will be sent round to carry out home checks, according to the Sunday Express. And in a scheme which firmly cements the nations reputation as a nanny state, the kids and their families will be forced to sign behavior contracts which will set out parents duties to ensure children behave and do their homework.
And remember, this is the left-wing government. The Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling, batting for the conservatives, thinks these plans are too little, and too late, implying that even more obtrusive work needs to be done. Rumors that a new detention center, named Room 101, is being constructed inside the Ministry of Love are unconfirmed.
The justification for the program is that children in anti-social houses are more likely to become criminals or otherwise anti-social themselves. What do children become when every breath they take is monitored by the State?Further information...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -bins.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5888162/Worst-families-in-Britain-will-be-put-in-sin-bins.html)
Under the Government scheme, members of "Shameless" families are given intensive 24-hour supervision to make sure children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals....
Around 2,000 families have gone through Family Intervention Projects, but ministers intend to increase its scope to 20,000 more in the next two years each costing between 5,000 and 20,000.
http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.2647
400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To make sure the kids are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating their vegetables. The scheme has, astonishingly, already been running in 2,000 family homes. The governments childrens secretary Ed Balls is behind the plan, which is aimed at problem, antisocial families. The idea is that, if a child has a more stable home life, he or she will be less likely to stray into crime and drugs.
It gets worse. The government is also maintaining a private army, incredibly not called Thought Police, which will be sent round to carry out home checks, according to the Sunday Express. And in a scheme which firmly cements the nations reputation as a nanny state, the kids and their families will be forced to sign behavior contracts which will set out parents duties to ensure children behave and do their homework.
And remember, this is the left-wing government. The Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling, batting for the conservatives, thinks these plans are too little, and too late, implying that even more obtrusive work needs to be done. Rumors that a new detention center, named Room 101, is being constructed inside the Ministry of Love are unconfirmed.
The justification for the program is that children in anti-social houses are more likely to become criminals or otherwise anti-social themselves. What do children become when every breath they take is monitored by the State?Further information...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -bins.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5888162/Worst-families-in-Britain-will-be-put-in-sin-bins.html)
Under the Government scheme, members of "Shameless" families are given intensive 24-hour supervision to make sure children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals....
Around 2,000 families have gone through Family Intervention Projects, but ministers intend to increase its scope to 20,000 more in the next two years each costing between 5,000 and 20,000.