Where Great Britain Used To Be
Wired points to an article in the UK Sunday Express which indicates that a movement is afoot to place telescreens CCTV cameras into the homes of crappy parents. Says the Express,
They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.
The families are part of a program called the Family Intervention Project, which, as far as I can tell, aims to get the parents of unruly yobs more involved in their children’s lives. And by “parents,” I mean “Big Brother.” No word yet on whether they must also participate in mandatory calisthenics or the Two Minutes Hate. I presume that comes later.
But wait! There’s more (this time from Wired):
It gets worse. The government is also maintaining a private army, incredibly not called “Thought Police”, which will “be sent round to carry out home checks,” according to the Sunday Express. And in a scheme which firmly cements the nation’s reputation as a “nanny state”, the kids and their families will be forced to sign “behavior contracts” which will “set out parents’ duties to ensure children behave and do their homework.”
That would be a security group separate from the usual police force. Coming soon to a police state near you!
A comment on the Express article by CloverGirl asks, “Why are people not up in arms about this?” Well, that would be partly because they have no arms to be up in. Don’t think it couldn’t happen here.