Comments on: The erosion of freedom – Government to decide who is allowed mobile phones? http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/editorial-opinions/the-erosion-of-freedom-government-to-decide-who-is-allowed-mobile-phones/ Get the latest news, reviews and info in the Mobile World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:40:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: John Sullivan http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/editorial-opinions/the-erosion-of-freedom-government-to-decide-who-is-allowed-mobile-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-20615 John Sullivan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:28:23 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/editorial-opinions/the-erosion-of-freedom-government-to-decide-who-is-allowed-mobile-phones/#comment-20615 The Henry Bolingbroke quoted here was related to but was most certainly not the Henry Bolingbroke who became Henry V. The quote - "Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society" - comes from "Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism: On the Idea of a Patriot King, and on the State of Parties, at the accession of King George I" a 1775 book by Henry St. John Bolingbroke, some 350 years after Henry V's reign. The Henry Bolingbroke quoted here was related to but was most certainly not the Henry Bolingbroke who became Henry V. The quote – “Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society” – comes from “Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism: On the Idea of a Patriot King, and on the State of Parties, at the accession of King George I” a 1775 book by Henry St. John Bolingbroke, some 350 years after Henry V’s reign.

]]> By: Atomboy http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/editorial-opinions/the-erosion-of-freedom-government-to-decide-who-is-allowed-mobile-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-10970 Atomboy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/editorial-opinions/the-erosion-of-freedom-government-to-decide-who-is-allowed-mobile-phones/#comment-10970 Communications Data Bill - Jacqui Smith - New Labour For anyone who wants to help get the message out to as many people as possible that this is a pernicious law, designed - not at all to aid in crime prevention, policing or terrorism prevention - but purely and simply as a method of controlling people by infringing their civil liberties and instilling fear in them, please visit the site http://internet.massmediamagazine.com/ and share your ideas about what can be done. Thank you. Communications Data Bill – Jacqui Smith – New Labour

For anyone who wants to help get the message out to as many people as possible that this is a pernicious law, designed – not at all to aid in crime prevention, policing or terrorism prevention – but purely and simply as a method of controlling people by infringing their civil liberties and instilling fear in them, please visit the site

http://internet.massmediamagazine.com/

and share your ideas about what can be done.

Thank you.

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