Do you think it is a good thing or not, if it is so easy to get a fake UK passport, why would it not be just as easy to get a fake ID, and who is going to police these ID cards, it could turn out to be yet another lucretive earner for both the gonernment and fraudsters alike
2006-12-18 22:39:03 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
There will have to be a stop and search policy. How else can anyone know if you have an i.d.
2006-12-19 00:00:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jomtien C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ID cards (and/or a national system of ID cards) need to be implemented with SIGNIFICANT checks and balances.
Example: One of the responders above noted "You already have one your driving license..."
When it was originally cretaed, a driver's license was meant to serve a single purpose: to provide proof that you have past the appropriate tests that show you are qualified to drive a car.
The purpose of the driver's license has evolved and now it is used as a primary means of identifying a person. This is a demonstration of how IDs evolve and effect our culture.
I would support the requirement that all citizens get national ID cards, but ONLY if the program is given a trial run of approximately 5 years and after that, the program can only resume if affirmed by a constitutional amendment.
The reason I would advocate the constitutional amendment, is because it allows state legislatures a significant role in deciding whether or not the program should continue (as the amendment process requires 2/3 of all states to affirm the amendment). State legislatures are closer to the people they represent.
2006-12-18 22:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is going to be more than an id card. They will have your finger prints and retina scans of your eyes plus a data base of your spending habits and other personal data. Some people say this is okay as they have nothing to hide, but I am not a criminal and I do not to be treated like one. Security is the excuse of course, it's so we can stop the naughty terrorists. Just that all the people that in the attack on9/11 where in the US legally, so a measure like this would have been of no use. Passport costs in the UK have risen 57% recently, so this is a money making move for the government as the country heads towards economic meltdown.
2006-12-18 22:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by Reg Tedious 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do not think it is a good idea no...there's big trouble ahead here-you will see. Timothy B, your comments with regards "state legislatures" being for the people is a good one-and you make other excellent points too.This I.D bill WILL go through in the end though-(no matter what the trial period of time will be)-it WILL happen, just look at the trial period for the poll-tax and where we are with that now some 20 odd years down the line-its still here and still causing just as much misery now as it did then! ROBERT K..."the only people who have anything to fear are the wrong-doer's" etc etc, not that old chestnut again! "Goodygoody's" in this country and the world over may have gotten used to the idea of being oppressed by their governments and the security authorities, there are many of us who will not...and most of us have nothing to fear-or hide, either.
2006-12-19 00:20:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not bothered. I'm in the military, and have to carry my military ID wherever I go, even when I'm off duty, so having another, similar card in my wallet that I have to carry every day makes no difference to me. I don't break the law, so I have nothing to hide from the authorities.
If it does help stop illegal immigrants, and help with our national security, then I'm all for it. If not, then it's a waste of time and money.
The one part I don't agree with, is that we may have to pay for them. I will NOT pay for an ID card. My military card was free, so why should my civilian ID be purchased?
2006-12-18 22:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with them, like you say no matter how they finally make them there will be people out there able to fake them. It's already wasted a huge amount of money and resources but as always the government will persevere because they hate to be proved wrong. It's another way to employ more people to do a needless job, no wonder they say there is low unemployment, they simply create new jobs to hide it!
2006-12-18 22:43:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
we have two forms of ID already, they are Photographic Driving Licences (either Provisonal or Full) and we have passports, we don't need another one, they say it will help stop terrorism in the UK, I fail to see how that works out, Spain has them, and look at what happened in Madrid! Bombs went off! They didn't help stop terrorism then!
2006-12-19 02:24:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hey Xx Angel Cine Xx,
The Government doesn't have to profile, those you hope to protect are already publicly profiling themselves: Headscarves, Loud prayers in public places, etc... An ID card isn't going to immediately identify the obvious, It will just help us know a little about these "obvious" people.
2006-12-19 00:31:38 · answer #8 · answered by The American Way 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would like to answer but I just did on the same question 3 hours ago.
I am against ID cards.
2006-12-18 23:10:40 · answer #9 · answered by ian d 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ID cards and their supposed impact on crime is the biggest fraud ever committed in this country.
The only crime they will have a possible impact on is credit card fraud. Credit Card companies make billions of pounds in profit every year.
How Stupid are we to pay in excess of £300 (latest estimate of cost) and open ourselves to prosecution just so the poor credit card companies can protect their profits?
2006-12-18 22:51:33 · answer #10 · answered by Corneilius 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋