...Says El Reg. But here's the interesting bits: And: And I thought that to qualify as a form of ID, a card had to have your name, picture and date of birth. What with the easy forgability of utilities bills, wouldn't it make sense to include an address? - bar the fingerprints, my driving license has more info in it. What to you think - good, bad, necessary or what? - H.
Until they make a card that incorporates: my driving licence, passport, finger prints and retena scan all my credits cards and bank accounts. my inside leg measurement, my preffered breakfast, dinner and tea, which TV programes i like to watch what hand i masturbate with To use it the owner has to use a Finger print and retena scanner at the till etc if it is out side of my person for more than 24Hr it will self disctruct and it can not be forged. and the card will be free then and only then i will think its a good idea Edit: due to tidying the post up and making sence of what i wrote
I'm totaly against ID cards myself, but something else thats really irking me is how our beloved Tony seems to think that the lords no longer matter, if they decide to say no to something he doesn't say "ok, you said no to this, fair enough, thats it" he says "well..we're gonna do it again, and keep doing it untill we get to three times, then we're going to use a parlimentary act that was only meant to be used in special circumstances to push any act we want through regardless of the lords". They may be mostly a bunch of old sods who got in because of their birthright, but having watched them on the telebox for quite some time, I'm considerably more enamoured with them then with the commons. They actually talk common sense, and its nice to see people who want to get to the bottom of an issue, as opposed to people who are trying desperately to further their careers.
Indeed. I should have said, you both have the same views as myself on the matter. The fact that 'Our Tone' is planning to hammer this one through in the same manner as the anti more-than-three-dogs-chasing-a-fox bill is ludicrous. (IIRC) the Parliament Act was designed to help rush through important legislation when there was no time or opportunity for the Lords to debate it. @Monkey200SX: Seconded. - H.
I agree if they incorparated everything then Id bother. I carry a hell of a lot of cards and think its about time they incorated everything,would make everything a hell of a lot easier. In my opinion its just another useless peice of plastic to carry around.
I think they should let Tesco handle it. Then you'd get 1% off every time you used it, so it pays to carry it and pays for itself in no time.
Lets face it though, we all know the drill by now. We'd have an ID card, it wouldn't be compulsery, then another terrorist attack that kills a hundred people or whatever happens, and the goverment would tell us that in this heightened world of dangerous dangers we live in its a requirement to fight terrorism, identity theft, and bad hair do's, that we all have to carry ID cards under certain circumstances. Then those circumstances would get changed a little bit at every opertunity, and in maybe a matter of 5-15 years we'd be at a stage of everyone having to carry and produce on demand.
Right now, as a foreigner in Japan, I carry what is affectionately known as a Gaijin card. It has all of my information on it and I do not need to carry my passport or any other ID in Japan. I'm not exactly sure why I have it though. I need to report to the prefecture office if I change address or occupation. Maybe it is a census thing? I've never been asked for it. No policeman has asked to see it. I've signed up for mobile phone service and I only needed my school ID for the student discount. I guess what I'm getting at is that a national ID means nothing. Sure, in Holland maybe, maybe even in Britain, but in the USA, no chance. It is virtually ignored here in Japan even though it is required for foreign nationals.
Thats pretty much how I feel. I may consider just moving to Canada(if I can) or another European country though, if they really do go as far as compulsary ID etc.
they have them in HK too.. and you're not supposed to be without it at any time. the authorities can ask to be shown it on demand and you can get fined for not producing it. i think it may have been due partly to the amount of mainland china immagrants crossing over to HK way back when HK was very prosprous and china was not. edit.. if it can be made... it can be un-made. so that is a reason why I am weary about an electronic ID card with all my info on it.
What do you expect? He's been taking lessons from his good friend W. W can't get his appointees ratified? Fine, he apoints when the senate is on vacation and shoves it down their throat. He doesn't think he can get away with domestic spying? Eh, do it anyway and delare yourself king when questioned. It really feels like in this day and age thoughtful debate is tolerated as long as it doesn't get in the way of the monarch doing what he wanted to do in the first place.
