2006-09-02 11:01:54 · 36 answers · asked by wave 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
id cards in the uk will involve biometric tests (which scan the retina of your eye) and a finger print. Not things already on record.
2006-09-02 11:10:54 · update #1
Nay.
The cost
They can be forged
They already have them in Spain and they didn't stop the train bombings
How will they accomodate those who don't have fingerprints?
And I don't take a very good picture!
2006-09-03 04:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have ID cards in various countries.
I don't recall that the crime rate in any of those places is actually lower or the likelihood of a crime being solved is higher than in a neighbouring country without ID cards.
How do ID cards prevent crime? I have always wondered about the line of reasoning. Criminals by definition break laws, so there is just another one they will break. A new market for illegal ID's will spring up, like it already exists for SSN's. Unless there is a database for every single citizens that is perfectly updated and has biometric data on it that can be checked against on the spot there is no way you can use ID cards for anything.
Waste of money. And a great new way to keep tabs on the law-abiding population. I am sure the politicians and the police WILL find a way to use the information at some point.
2006-09-02 11:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by kate 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I.D. cards are a huge waste of time and money that we have no choice in, it wont stop any type of criminal or illegal imagrant, when passports came out years ago you could have said the same thing but criminals found ways of dupilcating them and ways around them and they will find ways around and or duplicating I.D. cards. The people who do not want the I.D. cards do not have anything to hide its just because we see the underlying motive behind them. They are an invasion of privacy and an infringement of our rights assuming we have to carrry them at all times. The underlying reason for the cards is to keep tabs on the population, recent events like thawted plane bombing attemps are very good trigger events for the calling and further enhancing the need for the use of the card in the general public.
2006-09-02 17:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nay! Two reasons.
1) Not sure I want that information about myself on some database (will probably get sold to some telesales company)
2) Don't want to pay more.
A British Passport used to be accepted everywhere no questions asked (sometimes not even looking at the photo), but now lots of Countries (no names - USA) want bits of eyes, blood and finger prints. Just another good reason not to visit those countries.
2006-09-02 12:51:06 · answer #4 · answered by Paul G 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Waste of money when it could be used elsewhere. Its a knee jerk reaction from the government who think they can solve multiple problems with a single solution. I have no doubt that ID cards will make things better in the short term but in the long term i think you will end up with a big brother britain who actually only has the good citizens on record while the illegal immigrants and criminals continue to fly under the radar.
2006-09-02 11:03:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
retinal scan and fingerprint is pushing it over the line. There is nothing wrong with picture ID it's even quite usefull. Where I live I have an electronic ID and it helps us do a lot of official paperwork online. It secures my online banking. And helps me ask for official certificates any time of the day without having to qeue. But putting all they need for a criminal record on file is over the line.
2006-09-02 11:44:30 · answer #6 · answered by peter gunn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have lived in parts of the world where ID cards are required. I am quite happy to carry one, if this is going to prove effective in crime prevention. However, I don't like the kind which stores too many personal details, like a smart card. I don't like every movement of mine to be monitored by the government, as in Singapore where it is possible for the government to follow you 24/7. Also, I think the law should make it clear who has the right to demand people to show them their ID cards. A lot of companies are asking people for their IDs when it is doubtful whether they have this right in the first place.
2006-09-02 11:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe make a card (Drivers Licsence and S. Security) with photo, ID, address, and if they have any criminal or drug background? Will also help in the airport part with a option of a bar code to scan along with finger print.
2006-09-02 11:09:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nay! why a card, why don't they just tattoo a number on your arm? Welcome to the brave new world order. Besides I already have a SS #, a drivers license. If your old enough your SS card use to say not for identification, notice they took that off the cards.
2006-09-02 11:14:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. They wont stop social security fraud because most social security fraud is working and claiming not assuming a false identity.
The other excuse is the increased vthreat of terrorism. Bollocks. Since the problems of Northern Ireland have been larlgely solved terrorism has DECREASED massively.
So what is their real agenda. They wont tell us. That's the real frightening thing.
2006-09-02 11:09:59 · answer #10 · answered by malcy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋