RIP Freedom

It's only a TV programme, but the death of the Patrick McGoohan, the star of the TV classic The Prisoner, reminds us that we were each born free into this world and that our life is our own.
Unfortunately, scarcely a day goes by now without news of some new government wheeze to strip us of our identity and make us servants to their idea of community.
I know my view is out of fashion, but there are none so blind as those that would not see what is happening across the world. Dissent, objection and contrary opinions are being squeezed on all fronts. Whether its the suppression of pro-Israel voices on the BBC, to Palin Derangement Syndrome in the US, the wheel is turning the wrong way. I don't agree with the BNP in any way, but if you are going to outlaw them, who's next? Who decides what views can be heard and what views are beyond the pail?
We need to wake up. We now have the widest extension of state powers since WWII, and be on notice that it will all end in tears.
Human progress only ever takes place by individuality and non-conformism. By allowing suppression of such traits we allow the life of humanity to be extinguished, slowly and quietly.