And yes, I too worry more about the encroachments of security theater than the threat of a police state — but the problem with flirting with the police state approach, even in a voluntary, only-for-a-day way, is that it makes those "small, manageable" encroachments seem, well, smaller and more manageable, and therefore harder to resist.
The episode underscored the continuing deterioration of security in Yemen, where the government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who took office in February, has struggled to assert its authority in the face of rampant gangsterism, tribal skirmishes and encroachment by militants linked to Al Qaeda.
Long before the Patriot Act, of 2001, and the expanded authorization of surveillance to fight terrorism — long, even, before the rise of the national-security state — Louis Brandeis predicted the encroachment of technologies of secrecy on the right to privacy.
Long before the Patriot Act, of 2001, and the expanded authorization of surveillance to fight terrorism long, even, before the rise of the national-security state Louis Brandeis predicted the encroachment of technologies of secrecy on the right to privacy.
"There is always encroachment of the rules," Colonel Mitra said.
The encroachment of the city today is unparalleled, he says.
Stallman was uneasy over the increasing encroachment of proprietary software.
"Upstate, an encroachment of a foot or two may not be as serious as a six-inch encroachment in the suburbs," he said.
It recently launched Azhari TV, a satellite channel promoting centrist, moderate Islam in a bid to stop the encroachment of Saudi-inspired fundamentalism.The state has often seemed to prefer tokenism to real equality for Coptic Christians, who serve at many levels of government but remain starkly under-represented in the security establishment.
He describes the introduction of photo radar as "another encroachment of our rights".
