[lit-ideas] Re: US NATIONAL ID CARD: ALERT
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 14:10:56 +0100
Thursday, May 12, 2005, 2:00:21 PM, Ursula Stange wrote:
US> I'm happy to say that it's not my administration.
Oops. I knew that, too! (I'm asleep.)
US> I left the US back in
US> 1968.
US> Ursula,
US> safe in Canada (if you think sleeping next to an elephant is safe...pace
US> Trudeau...)
elephant point taken....
Judy
US> Judy Evans wrote:
>>Ursula, thank you. The Guardian newsblog had an interesting piece on
>>it that they haven't indexed (!) that explains the "ID card by
>>stealth" aspect of this. Because it's stealth and a tacked-on thing,
>>your Admin. can try to get it through without the furore the ID card
>>proposals met here (they had to be shelved but doubtless Blair will
>>bring them back).
>>
>>I thought I'd tell people here the major non-libertarian (!) reasons for
>>opposing the UK one, the second of which certainly applies to the US
>>
>>1. It is incredibly costly
>>2. It will not stop terrorism
>>
>>I'd have to check my various sources before adding 3. it will not stop
>>ID theft.
>>
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