Reply #50: What is it with the British government?

[Irreverend IX]

Whatever the problem, the only solution they can come up with is to restrict and ban and spew forth reams of legislation attempting to save their citizens from themselves. Police states begin with baby steps of "it's for the children, "it's for the good of society," "it'll protect us from Foreign Enemy X" and spiral into horror from there. Are the British such cowards that they demand their government to save them from every nasty thing out there? Have they ever considered increasing the funding of schools and social services that could nip the psychological problems that cause these crimes in the bud? And what will happen when the UK's locked-down, 24-hour-surveillance society falls under the leadership of someone who can't suppress their totalitarian urges as well as Blair does? Big Brother will be watching you...