{"id":3566,"date":"2002-10-25T10:19:46","date_gmt":"2002-10-25T15:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2002-10-25T10:19:46","modified_gmt":"2002-10-25T15:19:46","slug":"secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/25\/secure.html","title":{"rendered":"Secure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"watchful-eyes.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/watchful-eyes.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"303\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>Yeah, <a title=\"Samizdata.net - Big Brother is watching: Not in 1984 but in 2002\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samizdata.net\/blog\/archives\/002285.html#002285\">this makes people feel secure<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>You betcha.<\/p>\n<p>Yeesh.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, maybe the Metropolitan Police needs to come up with a <i>friendlier <\/i> image.  <\/p>\n<p>A mascot, perhaps &#8212; one that will make the public really feel like they have someone <i>real <\/i>watching out for them.  <\/p>\n<p>Hmmm.  Perhaps a relative, or &#8212; yeah, that&#8217;s it.  A <i>older brother<\/i>.  You know how you feel good when your bigger brother is watching you.  <\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I can just see <i>that <\/i>poster campaign coming next &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spleenville.com\/blog\/archives\/000387.html#000387\">Spleenville<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, this makes people feel secure. You betcha. Yeesh. Hey, maybe the Metropolitan Police needs to come up with a friendlier image. A mascot, perhaps &#8212; one that will make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeland-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4084,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/07\/mutter_mutter_m.html","url_meta":{"origin":3566,"position":0},"title":"Mutter, mutter, mutter &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 7-Feb-03 8:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Early drafts are leaking of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, a\/k\/a Patriot Act II. 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