Originally posted by buddhasystem
I find the OP farcical. Look, the driver license most people use, is a de facto national ID but it does have a few shortcomings. I really fail to see
how a national ID card infringes on any of my rights, which I happen to value, by the way. If anything, it will help to crack down in illegal
immigration and crime, which would be a good thing.
Sadly though that isn't correct at all, it won't stop very much because criminals always adapt. There will always be employers happy to emply
illegal immigrants andpay in cash. Furthermore, my fingerprints are my property, as is my DNA, therefore i shouldn't eb asked to surrender it.
On top of that being DNA and fingerprinted is what happens t criminals, making me feel like one (which this would) isn't something i'm after. Also,
every tyranical government loves stuff like this, we have a democracy now but who knows what can happen in the future.
Before putting power into the hands of your government you have to ask the question, what will happen in the future? At the same time you need to take
a sobering look at the past and what governments with power have done.
Originally posted by buddhasystem
The author of the OP uses a logical fallacy by resorting to Reductio ar Absurdum, namely suggesting planting CCTV cameras in the bathroom
(reference to scatology) and in the bedroom (voyerism, anyone). Well, that's just that, a farce.
I'm not resorting to anything. The original arguement is "nothing to hide, nothing to fear". Therefore if you have nothing to hide then cameras in
your home really shouldn't be a problem. This is obviously just where we decide to draw the line, but lets be clear. The less of a line you draw then
the easier it is to be abused in the future. Will you also accept a microchip if they decide to bring that out?
That isn't paranoid conspiracy either, they've developed the chips, just check out verichip and see for yourself. Being treated like i've done
something wrong before i've done it isn't freedom to me.