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[arib]

Am I the only person I know who doesn't really have much of a problem with a national ID card?

(for the record, I *do* have serious problems with some of the stuff they're considering including as the content on those cards, but a national ID card as a concept doesn't bother me.)

Comments

[hakamadare.livejournal.com]

i’d much rather see it implemented at the state or local level than at the federal.

i have no confidence in its actual utility as a security measure. as such, i see its use as twofold: it conveniently enables information collection and tracking for other purposes, whether political or commercial, and it provides a soothing security blanket for people afraid of terrorism. i believe that those individuals who want to have their information tracked should have the right to do so, and that those individuals who want to be soothed by a placebo should have the right to be so soothed; however, i don’t believe that people who don’t fall into one of these categories should be forced to comply. people who want to opt out of federal-level regulation have very few options to do so, whereas if such regulations are determined and enforced on a local level, it’s much more possible for people to influence the regulation or opt out by relocating.

-steve

[sethg]

What he said.

[rosefox]

But it will be implemented at the state level. The Federal government is so enthusiastic about the states doing this individually that it won't even fund their mandatory compliance!