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Do you support an National ID?

Do you support an National ID?

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obvious Child said:
While there are obvious benefits to such a card, the government's history with data privacy is about as reassuring as having a squirt gun during a Zombie Infestation.

So No.
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What if the squirt gun is filled with hydrochloric acid?
 
Andalublue said:
Here in Spain there is an ID scheme and it is compulsory. It is also discriminatory. I am an EU national, legally resident in Spain. I am registered as a resident, tax payer and home-owner. I do not get issued with a National ID card, but a certificate with my NIE (ID number for foreign residents). I am legally obliged to carry this A4 paper certificate as well as my passport wherever I go. I resent being asked and resent having to carry impractical documents that no one else is being required to do.
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Err you got it a bit wrong there. NIE numbers are for foreign residents, that is correct, but the Spanish citizen has the DNI number, which is basically the same thing. You cant function without one of the two numbers in Spain really. And you are not legally obligated to carry around your passport, just any form of picture id issued by an officially accepted organisation... drivers license is fine. And the paper is in no way an A4 certificate last I looked (unless they changed it recently).
 
Toothpicvic said:
No I don't. But I think that fear of "teh big bad gubberment" is grossly over-exaggerated. If they made me do it I'd hate it, but I wouldn't feel afraid of my life either.
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But the government is now intruding in every part of your life. You are under constant surveilance by your government, and they force different parts of the economy to treat you like sh**.

What do you want, freedom with a risk once in awhile, or no freedom with a risk once in awhile?

Ps. Thats because there is no such thing as no freedom without a risk.. No matter how many freedoms you give away in fear to be "safe", its never possible to be "safe".
 
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