Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

I heard about this yesterday and wondered what 'they' would make of our message board and whether or not we'd all be branded as 'dangerous subversives'!

You know what I hope 'they' DO read this message board so we can put our points of view across, and the first thing that springs to mind is that imho alcohol IS a more dangerous drug than cannabis and should be regulated as such. I know it generates masses of revenue from tax etc but another way should be found of raising this money. In my personal experience, alcohol is the most mind-altering of all drugs. I've done things whilst pissed that I'd never have done whilst sober or, indeed, on any other kind of narcotic. Alcohol makes me feel ill; I know to some extent I've been poisoned - I don't get that on any other kind of drug either.

I also agree that ecstacy is no more dangerous than horse riding. I ride horses, incredibly badly, and have fallen off and hurt myself on several occasions. I have NEVER sustained scratches and bruises or had to go to an osteopath after a night out on an E.

I'm not saying all drugs should be legalised, necessarily, I just do think things are totally arse about tit as they are, so, if 'THEY' are reading, take heed, this is my view.

(Climbs off soapbox and puts the kettle on...)

The cost of this project would be insane, seriously, and the govt. don't have the money so it won't happen. 2 billon quid is an incredibly low estimate imo, it will easily run into the tens of billions. The amount of traffic they're talking about capturing, and holding forever so that they can fulfill their batshit insane 'guilt by association' dreams, will make the data storage at CERN look like a USB thumbdrive in comparison.

Basically, this, and a load more IT projects that the govt. get all excited about are being lead/dreamed up by certain private IT companies who have been sucking cash out of the state and delivering shoddy crap since Labour took power. They see this as a way of getting ludicrously expensive, and fundamentally technically undeliverable projects to be swallowed (forcibly by legal requirements) by the private sector now as they're running out of shite to sell the govt.(ISPs, mobile service providers etc, etc).

I have NEVER sustained scratches and bruises or had to go to an osteopath after a night out on an E.

Very good point. The amount of internet traffic, for example, is so vast for each ISP to monitor as it stands now, regardless of future 'plans' that it's totally unworkable. That's why they trash data every 3 months or so as they cannot possibly store it, or so I'm told. Still, the principle behind it is insidious in the extreme.