Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
If you're not a criminal, theres nothing to worry about.
Unless they embed secret mind control chips into those cards.
This is the favourite line for those who want to impose control on us all. On the surface it seems a perfectly reasonable arguement, however it is a very powerful technique.
Firstly it points a finger at anyone who wishes to debate the issue, 'They MUST have something to hide' and tries to add a pretext to any reasoned arguement.
Secondly and more sinister. I do believe exactly the same line was used in Germany in the early - mid '30s. At the time the country was a democratic European power with a happy and harmonious society.
Who's to say in 10, 20, 30 yrs time we won't have a government that goes psycho on us.
Thirdly.It's the thin end of the wedge. Do you honestly think it will end there? How do you fancy having one of those ID chips implanted in your head with a GPS tracking? Nice.
Fourthly, what does freedom mean to you? Freedom is a concept that surely encompasses the right to go about ones business with those that it ain't any of theirs to bug out.
And finally, don't fall for the old 'protecting YOUR security line' that's bullshyt. If your country can hire private jets to take people to countries with poor human rights, where they can be tortured to death, then I don't think they are too fussed about the security of John Doe the midwest nobody.
Which brings up the old chesnut of right to bear arms. The whole idea of that was to stop what is the thin end of the wedge with ID cards. I'm sure your liberty is better protected having the right to anonimity than owning a Winchester.
