On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:48:56AM -0500, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote: > There are plenty of similar laws in the US, such as the law in St. Louis > where if you are found with less than $10 on your person, you can be fined > and/or jailed for vagrancy.
<tongue location="cheek"> Surely it can't be long until Dubya pushes this one through for the whole country? Then watch as the threshold slowly creeps up until being poor is a de facto crime. </tongue> Seriously though, > You don't carry any ID on you at times? What > happens if you get hit by a bus and you're alone? How do you expect your > body will be identified? My debit cards? Business card? Piece of paper in my wallet that states my name, address and telephone number? (Yes, I have one.) There are plenty of things you can identify yourself with, and none of them need to be mandatory. > Getting fussy over having to carry an ID card, much like your health card > and your Tesco card and your bank card and your credit cards...work on a > more credible argument :) Can you be arrested for not carrying any of those? Can a policeman stop you in the street because he/she doesn't like the look of you and _require_ you to produce them, with the full force of the law behind him/her? I think you'll find that the answer is no. -- # Earle Martin http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EarleMartin $a="f695a9a2176a7dd1618af6649896ee10f05ea986de18af6277e9a1d8ef4696644569a1d". "8ef46961ae1e64277e9896eea7d92ea8003e9a1d8ef4696f6950";$b="8ALB6AIA4.BA2";$c= join"",unpack"C*",$b;$c=~s/7/2/g;@b=split"",$c;foreach$d(@b){$e=hex(substr($a ,$f,$d));while(length($e)<8){substr($e,0,0)=0;}print pack"b8",$e;$f+=$d;}
