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Letter: Letter

Published 17 November 2001

From Paul Redman

Who is this technology going to be used against? Why is this needed?

I think we need to seriously watch our government and the new technology for
“crowd control”. The new anti-terrorism bills passing into law are shattering
our constitutional rights. Perhaps the day of Big Brother is not so far
away.

Technology is a great tool to be used to benefit humankind, not enslave
it.

Los Angeles

Issue no. 2317 published 17 November 2001

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