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From: Bod on 26 Mar 2010 08:06 On 26/03/2010 11:55, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:46:56 -0000 > "Brimstone"<brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> See my other posts. Do you think that the present system where your paper >>> files are transported about hospitals, and even between hospitals, by >>> porters etc? >>> >>> I really couldn't care less who looks at my medical records. >>> >> You might have a different attitude if you had a disability or long term >> illness. >> > > Or even just a mundane but embarrassing ailment. Who wants the whole world > knowing they had athletes foot or piles or ecszma or IBS or whatnot? > > B2003 > > > Why on earth would having that knowledge, bother anyone? Bod
From: Ret. on 26 Mar 2010 08:13 Conor wrote: > On 24/03/2010 23:18, Ret. wrote: > >> What if? What if? What if? This is really becoming very tiresome. >> What if your next door neighbour has a brain storm, kills his wife >> -but tells the police that you did it? We could go on all week >> coming up with What ifs... >> > > Ask Jean Charles de Menezes about "what ifs". Oh wait, you can't and > why is that? I reckon you'll still be dragging this up in another 20 years time wont you? Things happen - what you ought to be grateful about is that they happen a lot less in the UK than they happen in most other countries. Kev
From: Ret. on 26 Mar 2010 08:24 Cynic wrote: > On 25 Mar 2010 18:03:46 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> Yes. How does that counter anything I have stated? Movements are >>>>> closely associated with behaviour, motive and intent, or hadn't >>>>> you noticed? >> >>>> No I hadn't. They certainly *can* be - but they most certainly >>>> don't *have* to be. >> >>> They almost always are. Few people go on a random drive without >>> having any motive (reason) for doing so. >> >> Does "Because I fancy going for a bimble" count as a "motive"? > > Yes. You have a reason for driving. Perhaps sightseeing. Perhaps to > enjoy the feeling of movement. > >> If not, >> then - we regularly go on "random drives". Don't know where we're >> going, beyond a general direction. Just see where we end up. > > Such a thing is unusual these days (with the cost of fuel being what > it is) except with youngsters who have recently got their licence and > are enjoying the experience of driving for its own sake. My wife and I still regularly go out for 'a drive' with no clear idea of where we are going or what we are going to do. We might just say: "Let's just head down the A49 into Shropshire and then just turn off down some side road that looks interesting. Find a nice pub for lunch and then head back along a different route. Being retired, and able to take maximum advantage of the few nice days we get, we can do this far more than most working people. Kev
From: Ret. on 26 Mar 2010 08:27 Conor wrote: > On 25/03/2010 15:15, Ret. wrote: > >>> And so you end up with events that you will surely recognise: "A >>> shock revellation today showed that the suicide bomber responsible >>> for 234 deaths was already known by the police to be a potential >>> threat *months* before the tragic incident. Yet last Thursday >>> police stood idly by and allowed a known terrorist to board a >>> crowded commuter train. Ministers are calling for an urgent >>> investigation as to why such vital intelligence was completely >>> ignored ..." >> >> I can see why you call yourself Cynic... >> > > This is kind of the rub. They have these databases but they prove to > be of feck all use at preventing anything serious. Just do a Google on "ANPR successes" and then come back and say the system is of no use. They do however > inconvenience lots of people due to errors in entries and in some > cases, this has led to perfectly innocent people dying. In the > meantime, there's always the worry that some civil servant will lose > huge swathes of quite sensitive information. So what's your answer? Go back to card indexes? Kev
From: boltar2003 on 26 Mar 2010 08:55
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:06:09 +0000 Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> Or even just a mundane but embarrassing ailment. Who wants the whole world >> knowing they had athletes foot or piles or ecszma or IBS or whatnot? >> >> B2003 >> > > > > > Why on earth would having that knowledge, bother anyone? Some things people like to keep things private. You personally might not care but others do and their wishes should be respected. If even ones medical history can't be kept private then all hope is lost IMO. B2003 |