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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1129827.ece
"In the guise of fighting terrorism and maintaining public order, Tony Blair's Government has quietly and systematically taken power from Parliament and the British people. The author charts a nine-year assault on civil liberties that reveals the danger of trading freedom for security - and must have Churchill spinning in his grave."

Keep in mind that while reading this, the Secretary for Homeland Security (Michael Chertoff) thinks we need tougher laws like the UK has.

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Or that it was the temporary emergency powers in Britain that helped them foil the recent terrorist plot.

Or this is what happens to a society that starts putting up security cameras everywhere, taking away their guns, banning knives, and arresting citizens who defend themselves.

I'm rambling.