<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Heath,</div><div><br></div><div>As another UK resident, I'm wondering if you could elidate the examples of your experiences with the UK security services, Particularly the fake bomb in the airport setup and their comments regarding artists?</div><div><br></div><div>-Chris</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div>_____________________</div>Chris Oakley<div>www.chrisoakley.com</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: heath bunting <heathbunting@irational.org> </div><div>Date: 14/04/2018 21:27 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: Alexander Schikowski <alexschiko@web.de> </div><div>Cc: spec <spectre@mikrolisten.de> </div><div>Subject: Re: [spectre] Antw: Re: on Hungary </div><div><br></div></div>alexander<br><br>> We Easterners imagine, at least we like to believe, that in the western societies, lets stick to the formerly<br>> mentioned ones: Germany and UK - freedom of speech, (nearly) independent media (from right wing to left wing media<br>> which can be purchased in the whole country), (nearly) independent jurisdiction, (nearly) independent educationally<br>> system (including art academies), (nearly) independent science funding system (including the funding of art),<br>> independent, does exist, is accepted, appreciated and lived by a majority of citizens.<br><br>as an artist in the west [uk], i am denied free travel [banned from USA]; <br>denied state benefits [unemployment money]; denied full access to the <br>internet [my computers are regularly destroyed]; denied justice [i have <br>been framed by uk security services as planting a fake bomb in an <br>airport]; i have had multiple pieces of my artwork permanently destroyed <br>by uk security services; i have been arrested dozens of times by the uk <br>police for my artwork; and told by uk security services that they now <br>consider artists their global primary adversary.<br><br>why do you think uk artists enjoy visiting central and eastern european <br>countries ? i was in Croatia the other week - it was like a paradise for <br>me - the uk is the most survielled country in the world.<br><br>hope all is well<br><br>heath<br>______________________________________________<br>SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe<br>Info, archive and help:<br>https://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre<br></body></html>