ID Cards - What can be done?
Blind Mind | 24.09.2001 11:38
There is talk of the introduction of ID cards in the UK. What, if anything, should be done to combat this?
Home Secretary David Blunkett has suggested the introduction of compulsory ID cards in the UK. Such cards would have your name, date of birth and a picture for sure. Possibilities include a thumb print, criminal record, DNA information.
What exactly would an ID card do? Who would benefit from it? What are the potential drawbacks?
I am suspicious that ID cards have nothing to do with combating terrorism, and everything to do with limiting freedom.
At recent demonstrations the police have illegally photographed and taken the details of protestors. With ID cards it would not be illegal for the police to compile databases with the legal identities of all attendees. You will not have the freedom to protest without being identified. The next step up the ladder if you ask me is non-confidential elections.
ID cards only give freedom to the police and the state. They stop nothing from happening.
No matter how dreadful things get, you don't need to ask Nazi's to protect you!
What exactly would an ID card do? Who would benefit from it? What are the potential drawbacks?
I am suspicious that ID cards have nothing to do with combating terrorism, and everything to do with limiting freedom.
At recent demonstrations the police have illegally photographed and taken the details of protestors. With ID cards it would not be illegal for the police to compile databases with the legal identities of all attendees. You will not have the freedom to protest without being identified. The next step up the ladder if you ask me is non-confidential elections.
ID cards only give freedom to the police and the state. They stop nothing from happening.
No matter how dreadful things get, you don't need to ask Nazi's to protect you!
Blind Mind
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