'Safety before liberty': a slogan to suspect

"From the newswire:

"Today's poll taken by Sydney Morning Herald with the headline: 'Safety before liberty' states that: "Having more security cameras in public places was the most popular protective initiative, supported by 87 per cent of respondents."

"Here in Nimbin with its recent CCTV cameras being installed, people are having very different thoughts about who protects whom and why. Generally people here hate to DOB IN, or photograph anyone without permission. Suspicion goes out largely against the Government and the authorities. People here are preparing CCTV campaigns to make something fancy, as NTV [Nimbin Television] with regular shows, and committed street performers and actors showing the way Hitler and Goebbels did it to the unsuspecting Germans."
[ Read more & discuss ~ Nimbin FM ~ Herald Poll ]
Sydney Indymedia

['Safety before liberty' ... a nice bit of Newspeak that will probably increase in usage by those who want liberty to decline. It's a clever slogan because it's hard for reasonable people to turn it round. Well done, modern George Orwells!]