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Freedoms | |
2018.03.30 22:54:32 CEST | |
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I have the habit of letting YouTube autoplay while I work. Normall | |
I'm not paying any attention to the sound or video (which is in a | |
hidden window) and this usually takes me into fun adventures into | |
the bizarre underworld of YouTube. | |
This week, for some unknown reason, the video suggestion AI (which | |
decides what plays next) decided I should watch a bunch of BBC and | |
British documentaries and TV shows. From comedy shows to | |
documentaries about the national benefit system, bailiffs and | |
parking fines, I've been through it. | |
This time I learned a lot and I'm amazed how restricted freedoms a | |
in the UK. From standing your own ground rights, to the power give | |
to law enforcement officers, the system seems incredibly oppressiv | |
I lived in London for ~1 year, but I was unaware of so many things | |
about the local culture and worse, the local legal system and laws | |
For example, I just learned the knife I had in my backpack is bann | |
in the UK. I could have been arrested if an officer decided to | |
inspect my bag. A simple utility knife. |