The argument rages on in regards to the proposed ID Cards that the government intends to introduce. Perhaps it's just me, but it seems that there is a large group of people that reject any idea the government come up with on principle that it was their idea. Has anything, good idea or bad, that this government proposed been met without some form of hysterical rebuffal?

The funniest thing I've been reading was on the BBC News 'Have Your Say' website. So many hystericals, it was unreal. People screaming that ID cards would be - and I quote - "an infringement of my civil liberties".

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

What a load of nonsense. It beggars belief that idiots like these are allowed to live, much less vote who represents their interests on a national level. Dear God, how thick must these people be? Now, I'm quite certain that ID cards won't combat terrorism, or make a quick fix to stamp out child-sex offences etc. However, used properly, it can effectively stamp out certain areas of concern. Underage drinking and smoking, for starters, will be skewered with a single standard compulsory form of identification in place. Does that "infringe my civil liberties"? Not from where I'm sitting.

There is also the illigal immigrant workers thing, which is another political hot potato. If one requires by law to be able to produce a standard piece of infallible identification to work in the UK, then there can't be any "smoking commie immigrants" stealing your jobs, can there? Not that it's that big a problem. The people of this country just like scapegoats, is all. The most tragic thing about this particular issue is that good people are losing their jobs over it because the people, in all their media-driven, frothing rage, call unecessarily for heads to be rolled. The good old English stiff upper-lip has been replaced by the unsteady gibbering of weak jaws, made uncertain by believing in sensationalist media, themselves driven only by a greed for more money.

Back on subject, I believe it has been mentioned that while carrying a card, your location can be traced at any time. Again, this is listed as invasion of basic human rights. Why? Is there some particular reason you don't want your government to know where you are at certain times? Whyever would that be? Certainly, these chivalrous defenders of our rights would not be involved in anything clandestine or, dare I say it, illegal! Would they? Of course, I for one have no problem with letting the authorities know where I am, or where I have been.

And for the mouth-breathers - ever walked past a CCTV camera? Ever used a credit of debit card to buy something in a store? Ever used a fucking mobile phone? Well guess what, every time you do this, people can trace your whereabouts. Scared? Un-fucking-lucky. No point whelping about Big Brother watching you, because he already is - has been for decades. And just as well, too. Because I don't trust the 60 million gibbering morons littering this once great country to be allowed to walk the streets without being scrutinised like rats in a cage.

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writing star - 2004-06-04 09:59:20

the problem isn't id cards or tracking. the problem is the immense databse of personal information the government (yours and mine) is building, and who has access to it. how can we be sure some civil servant in liverpool won't type in your name on a routine traffic search and come up with your entire medical history? the more centralized your personal information is, the easier it is for someone to steal it, or use it against you.

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Ladybug - 2004-06-04 16:28:54

Not to mention identity theft. In Canada there have been quite a few cases lately of people stealing social security numbers from government databases and using them to get out of paying taxes, taking out false lines of credit etc... Besides, they still haven't created a currency that can't be forged so certainly someone somewhere would come up with a way to create fake id's and then they are about as reliable as the good ol' driver's license. The government isn't good at this kind of thing.

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tv - 2004-06-06 14:23:59

People who are concerned that a national ID would violate their civil liberties shouldn't be allowed to vote? All an ID can offer is exclusion.

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tv - 2004-06-06 14:25:12

People who are concerned that a national ID would violate their civil liberties shouldn't be allowed to vote? All an ID can offer is exclusion.

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Insane Bartender - 2004-06-07 03:26:41

Hello my pretties. I'm sure data security is a valid issue, and a very solid one at that, but this isn't where my issue lies. It's the fatuous morons screaming that their civil freedom is infringed simply because the government knows more about you. Human beings are, in (very) general (sweeping generalisation alert) too stupid to be allowed off the leash for the most part anyway. In short, I'm all for the real issues being highlighted (data integrity, cleanliness and security), but ignorant pigs squealing because someone wants to introduce a change - any kind of change, makes my blood boil. Hnece the rant, I guess.

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