[Grifter]

I'm just wondering, as a relatively young guy who was lazy in his history studies, can anyone help me with this question.

Is the talk of pre-crime in the media a new thing? Its everywhere.

In british news recently

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n his speech, Mr Reid asked Muslim parents to keep a close eye on their children and act if they suspected they were being radicalised by extremists.

[Novus]

Nothing new about pre-crime. The idea goes back over 400 years to John Calvin and his concept of predetermination. This idea runs so deep there is even a religion called Calvinism based on a total faith in predetermination by God. Some people are are born to go to hell. This idea was a major justification for slavery and colonialism. If all these black people are predetermined to go to hell then it is ok exploit them, kill them, and take their resources. In the 1800s predetermination was refined into a more exact science called phrenology that could pick out a murderer just by looking at him. People were sentenced to death simply because how they looked. Phrenology was also prominently featured in Nazi propaganda.

[Dreamtwister]

Pre-crime is just a less obvious term for thought crime.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', 'I')n british news recently

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n his speech, Mr Reid asked Muslim parents to keep a close eye on their children and act if they suspected they were being radicalised by extremists.