JackC 0 #1 November 21, 2007 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ZIXKYC3X1OA1FQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/opinion/2007/11/20/do2006.xml It's truly amazing that the UK actually functions at all with such spectacular incompetence at the helm. I would hope that this latest monumental bollock-dropping session would at least manage to sink the governments own plans for ID cards, but it wouldn't suprise me if they blundered on with it anyway. Morons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 625 #2 November 21, 2007 Yip 26million records posted on enencrypted CD's. Someone also pointed out - what the hell did the NAO need the bank details for anyway? In the UK we are suffering from boiled frog syndrome and when we wake up it will be to late The ID card argument is so weak it is laughable - except I get the feeling that it will "find" its way onto the statute book... Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #3 November 21, 2007 Quote I would hope that this latest monumental bollock-dropping session would at least manage to sink the governments own plans for ID cards, but it wouldn't suprise me if they blundered on with it anyway. Morons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #4 November 21, 2007 Why are the English so set against an ID card, I'm English an live in European country so I'm required to have one like 99% of Europeans, the ID card just has my photo, date of birth, fiscal number an a thumb print, The ID card has a load of advantages, like if I have an accident they know who I am, If I use a credit card I have to show my ID to back it up, I can travel within Europe without the need of a passport, Whats the hang up with the English an ID cards Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #5 November 21, 2007 what does an ID card really contribute over what already exists? Lots of us find the privacy implications creepy. Others remember the old Commie line: "Papers?" I carry a dog tag for the possibility of getting in an accident by myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #6 November 21, 2007 Quotewhat does an ID card really contribute over what already exists? Lots of us find the privacy implications creepy. Others remember the old Commie line: "Papers?" QuoteCapt. Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that? Captain Ramius: I suppose. Capt. Vasili Borodin: No papers? Captain Ramius: No papers, state to state. Capt. Vasili Borodin: Well then, in winter I will live in... Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives. Captain Ramius: Oh, at least. -- "The Hunt for Red October""There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #7 November 21, 2007 Quote Why are the English so set against an ID card, I'm English an live in European country so I'm required to have one like 99% of Europeans, the ID card just has my photo, date of birth, fiscal number an a thumb print, The ID card has a load of advantages, like if I have an accident they know who I am, If I use a credit card I have to show my ID to back it up, I can travel within Europe without the need of a passport, Whats the hang up with the English an ID cards Book of Revelation, Chapter 13: 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackC 0 #8 November 21, 2007 QuoteWhy are the English so set against an ID card Many reasons, but the government have just LOST the entire CPS database containing the name, address, national insurance numbers and bank details of 25 million people. That should be cause enough to make you think that the government cannot be trusted with that information. The real question is why isn't everyone opposed to ID cards. http://www.no2id.net/IDSchemes/whyNot.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
