"The thought police would get [her] just the same"

Fascist חולירות - that would be me comparing Israeli legislators to moisture sucking bacteria Fascist who want to control and our every move, thought and action.

When I saw the article and showed it to Mummy, I already knew what her reaction would be. It's the reaction of the privileged, those who take their privilege for granted, I don't blame Mummy for anything, it is a reasonable reaction, because she (and I for that matter) a law abiding citizen, so what do we have to worry about the police using the phone data base in order to catch the "real criminals".

Dissent isn't Sedition.
Talking isn't Walking.
Planning isn't Acting.
Thoughts are not Treason.

This law is wrong on so many levels, beyond those I've listed I don't even know where to begin! I mean for fuck's sake! Can no one in the fucking Knesset see where this is going?!
The military has become the political force upon which the government bases all it's decisions and no doubt the Shabak will use this nifty little law to support their own agenda.

If this isn't an infringement of civil liberties I don't know what is and I hope the Association of Civil Rights in Israel keeps a watch on this Draconian/Orwellian law.

And for those who didn't read the links, here are a few gems from the English article:

The new law will allow the police to request a judge's order to obtain such communications data on citizens, enabling the police to track a person's movements and all telephone calls. The database will include: telephone numbers, including unlisted ones; names of mobile phone subscribers; serial numbers of mobile phones; and maps of antenna locations.

And

In the case of serious crimes, the police can also receive, after court approval, a large amount of communication-related data. These would include a list of calls and messages, time and dates of all calls and messages; length of calls and size of messages; a list of the antennas and their locations used by cellular phones; and details of the payment methods used by customers.

All this data would allow the police to track a person and their calls.

Oh, and Lawyers, Journalists and other professionals who have secrecy privileges in their work won't be listed.
Bully for them, maybe the Lawyers and Journalists will write about how amoral this law is?!

Yeah, I'm pissed!

In other news

The Saudi woman who had been raped and sentenced for six months in prison and 200 hundred lashes for being the company of men she wasn't related to - link.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia "pardons" the aforementioned rape victim - link.

It's just too disgusting for words. Really.
I was going to say something sarcastic about the justice system in Saudi Arabia, but I really can't, seeing what I just wrote about my own countries legislative agenda, I'll not touch on the actual system.

I will mention that Saudi Arabia is very high up on the lists regarding their Human Right Violations and I'm very happy international (and Saudi public) pressure swayed the decision of the Qatif Girl's sentence.

I just find it absolutely disgusting and so scary that this young woman had been tried in the first place and still she has the mark of shame on her for the rest of her life... not to mention a criminal record, because being "pardoned" means that in fact you had been "found" guilty, but due to circumstances your punishment wasn't completed. She was no exonirated... she was given clemency.

Justice so blind, the sword nearly severed the hand* that holds the scales.

*Just thought I'd mention that the punishment for thieves in Saudi Arabia is the severing of a hand.