Published - July 30th, 2005 - The Fremantle Rooster

Context : In the wake of the London Bombings (and I use the plural, "bombings" because there have now been
two in the space of a week) - The Australian Government has upped its surveillance systems to be on the look
out for shifty characters that may be terrorists - including the WA Government's tanky new Closed-circuit
television and camera systems at train stations in Perth's metropolitan area. This week a 'suspected terrorist'
was shot 7 times to death in London before even being questioned by police. A little jittery you might say..

As a side-point, I finished reading George Orwell's book, "1984" which is an extreme take on government
surveillance and conformity - where you can't even walk around and THINK the wrong thing without some
form of surveillance catching you out - commiting "thought crimes" or writing something that could be anti-
establishment. I find the parallel kind of unnerving..

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