I'm curious...

[conuly]

Because I never understood this.

What's the big deal about national id card = evil? Why do people think that? How is it different from combining a state ID and a social security card? Don't many countries in Europe have a national ID (I don't know, actually...)?

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national id card

[scottrossi.livejournal.com]

yes, the national id card, as some people have posted, is a way to better coordinate state identification systems in to a national database. however, ther are many other sinister purposes for such a card. many of them have been highlighted by one of the previous posters. HOWEVER, there are also many more sinister purposes in this, especially if you have been following conspiracy theories. i do not subscribe to all the theories, but after reading the text of the patriot act 1, and the text of the proposed patriot act 2, i am highly alarmed that such headway is being madeon this.

the patriot act has provisons in it allowing for the subpoena of your "library and book shopping" records, which will be tracked through the proposed id card. among other things, i wanted to highlight this as it is alarming to me moreso than alot of other things.

basically, the id card would be made to allow for better tracking of us citizenry, not neccessarily for sinister purposes, but more to protect us from this terrorist threat, and to watch for terrorist behaviors. my problem with it is that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and coupled with absolute information about someone, hell, that is goddam scary. i donot trust that it wouldnt be put to sinister purposes in this day and age, especially not with everything that is going on right now.

conservatives and religious zealots get into power, and then they start rounding up "undesirables" based on the information on their national id card. for national security of course. for the security of our children and youth, and the health of our marriages.