RE: UK expands surveillance of its citizens

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, David Harley wrote:

> > So really, the problem is that the local government has made 
> > it so difficult to remove the trash that people attempt to 
> > bypass the law. 
> >
> > In that case, it would seem that, instead of spending vast 
> > amounts of money on cameras and enforcement, simply make it 
> > easier to throw out the trash. 
>
> It's not that easy. We are a small and over-populated island, and we're

Get out of London and into the country, where you can walk for hours and 
not see anyone. We aren't overpopulated.

> running out of space on landfill sites. (Though compared with Japan, our
> problem is probably unimpressive.) Local government has to meet national
> targets, irrespective of resources. Not unlike education, the national
> health service and so on. Making it more difficult to get rid of garbage is
> probably not an altogether conscious intention, but transfers the problem
> from the authority to the householder. Somewhat similarly, making it too
> much trouble to report email scams and spam relieves the pressure on
> under-resourced government agencies and law enforcement.
>
> > It's great, and, of course, there are no problems with "fly tipping".
>
> But the biggest problem with fly tipping isn't householders with more black
> bags than they can fit into a wheelie bin. It's commercial waste from people
> who don't want to pay the cost of legal, licensed tipping.

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