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You are being watched! 1 Year, 7 Months ago Karma: 0  
An actual British government poster outside a London Metro station. And you thought talk of a police state was just fearmongering!

 
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What? 1 Year, 7 Months ago Karma: 0  
How in the world is a poster like this supposed to bring a sense of security to the average citizen? A sense of happiness? A feeling of absolute trust that your government is doing a great job at protecting your freedoms and providing security.
 
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#405
Re: You are being watched! 1 Year, 7 Months ago Karma: 3  
Astounding that they'd make their point with an eerie graphic portraying an all seeing authority right out of Orwell's novel.

If nothing else this poster is strongly reminiscent of a Soviet era Stalinist propaganda image, and if I'm not mistaken—they were supposedly the bad guys.

Is it possible this is tongue-in-cheek?
 
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Re: You are being watched! 1 Year, 2 Months ago Karma: 1  
Not so much tongue in cheek, but playing off the British sense of irony. Recall this is London. Decimated by bombs a few generations ago. Londoners are very aware of their place and importance in history.
 
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