On 26 Sep 2001, at 12:17, Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
> > > >Bush administration (as well as the Brits) looking into a
> > > >national id card system. More at <http://www.drudgereport.com>.
> > >
> > >People in this country bitch about having to have a license to
> > >fish, drive a car, hunt, own a business, on and on and on, and
> > >they'd be willing to be forced to have what is essentially a
> > >license just to live and go about their business?
> >
> > Yeah, sheesh, it would really suck to have the government of the
> > country you reside in and pay taxes in require you to carry
> > identification acknowledging your right to be in that country.
>
> Yeah, and heaven forbid that if you should, say, collapse in the
> middle of the street, police or rescue workers might be able to use
> such an ID card to find out who you are so your family can be warned.
The system being looked at in the UK is a smartcard as well, so
you'd be able to use it as more than just ID...it would have
information about medical conditions accessable by ambulance
crews, etc.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
