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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (19912)	11/14/2001 11:46:32 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

I am still waiting for someone to show me that it makes a big difference to the potential for serious privacy invasion....... I have never advocated National IDs. The issue has come and gone over my life time and I've been ambivalent. I'm wondering, though, if the time has not come. Like you I've been looking for the risks. I've posted the question on the libertarian thread and on FADG. I got some rolled eyes but no actual privacy arguments. Perhaps someone here will offer some. As you know, I spent much of my career in management information system so I know that you can't administer anything effectively unless you can keep track of your widgets, which presumes a unique identifier for each of them. I don't know why citizens should be any different if for no other reason than productivity. I would have a problem with a National ID if we were required to have them carry them at all times. It's way too inconvenient to have to worry about your ID card when you go for a swim. Primarily, though, it suggests that the authorities can conduct random ID checks, which IMO is, indeed, a privacy problem. But I struggle to come up with any reason why having to show an ID for certain activities that involve the safety of others is unacceptable. Karen