> Dangerous? Yes, there are dangers to a mandatory national I.D. card, but > there may be greater dangers without one. The fact is, to live in a > society > as vulnerable as ours, we may have to give up something - but I disagree > that what's lost is freedom. Instead, it's privacy, and maybe not even > that.
This guy is clueless: privacy is a form of freedom. I have yet to see a post 9/11 scheme that would actually enhance my safety in any significant way. Even police states have terrorists.
