Re: [privacy] Want a beer at the pub? Have your prints taken

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 10/24/06, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> > On 10/24/06, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
> > > Look at it as a blacklist for assholes, used by pubs at their
> > > discretion. :P
> > >
> > > _______________________________________
> >
> > Well, the article makes it sound like the fingerprint scanners are
> > almost mandated by the govt :
> > ----------------------------------
> > Oh, and (bar owners) are also coerced into taking the fingerprint
> > system. New licences stipulate that a landlord who doesn't install
> > fingerprint security and fails to show a "considerable" reduction in
> > alcohol-related violence, will be put on report by the police and have
> > their licences revoked.
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > So I think there may be some more nefarious features built in, if not
> > advertised. I would be willing to bet that it will search a database
> > at the Yard to see if anyone has any unpaid parking tickets and such.
>
> So what exactly are you trying to say here? Solly would gladly sell
> you out because he feels you're an arsehole - privacy be damned?!

If I were running a pub, and decided that Joe Lunchbox is the sort of 
arsehole that ruins everyone else's fun, then I'd ban him from my pub.
If I also had arrangements with other publicans in the area to share this 
sort of information, then I would.

Certainly, someone getting drunk and starting a fight would be a fast 
track to arseholehood.

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