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Re: Recording opinions

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Saturday, September 22, 2001, 19:30
Markus wrote:
> > Recording opinions is illegal in Sweden? Wow, that's weird. It sounds >like > > something out of some SF repressive society. No one is alloed to have >an > > opinion. If you do have one don't dare to record it. If you do . . . > >I think he meant 'registering' peoples opinions, like, making huge >databases >from where you can check on your employees so you don't have any >communists, >socialists, etc. employed. A way to avoid McCarthyistic trends, but this >law >hasn't stopped SÄPO ('SÄkerhetsPOlisen', the police of safety) from doing >precisely that. >(Disclaimer: my knowledge about this is limited to Swedish media in >Finland, >so I might be wrong)
You're right. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp