... result on September 11th, 2001 in America. This significant day was the birth of 'anti-terrorist' legislation in places all over the world, which will limit our freedoms. Britain is confronted with David Blunkett's Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act. Its proposed measures provide the basis for an Orwellian society with increased eavesdropping and loss of personal privacy. It also severely limits free speech and general criticism of religion. This is mind-numbing to free thought. Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act enables the government the choice to provisionally opt out of the ECHR in cases of emergencies, and simultaneously, endorse powers that infringe on rights that the ECHR assures. The most arguable issue regarding this legislation is what exactly constitutes an emergency? Due to the vague wording of the act, emergency can constitute almost any atypical event meaning that the government can, to all intents and purposes, suspend the ECHR at will. ...

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