At 06:08 AM 9/26/01, you wrote: >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
And what system have they put in place to insure that such information cannot be accessed by insurance companies or employers who will use some supposed tendency toward developing cancer in twenty years or so as an excuse to deny coverage or employment? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
