National ID Cards
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- skt0
It's said that if you put a frog into boiling water it will sense the danger immediately and leap out.
However, if you put a frog into tepid water and slowly raise the heat it will never notice but it will die.
normal
(May 11 05, 03:47)Ha! I just answered a post in this thread with the title of a book by christpopher brookmyre and then went back through the the thread and found this. Boiling a Frog is another of his books and is a reference exactly this in terms of political climate.
- skt0
Have you ever been involved in terrorism:
YES/NO?
errrm, how do answer that?
stem
(May 11 05, 04:15)A big boy did it and ran away.
- determinedmoth0
Have you ever been involved in terrorism:
YES/NO?
errrm, how do answer that?
stem
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That's the fucking point. What is the point? After 9/11 we had to lable boxes of Annual Reports with exactly what was in them before posting them.Err.
"BOMB"
Oh. Maybe I could put "Annual Reports" and get away with blowing people up.
SNEEKY.
- emecks0
Have you ever been involved in terrorism:
YES/NO?
errrm, how do answer that?
stem
(May 11 05, 04:15)"maybes aye, maybes no"
- stem0
I love the US immigration papers you have to fiil in on the plane.
From what I remember, I'm sure there was a question like:
Have you ever been involved in terrorism:
YES/NO?
errrm, how do answer that?
- normal0
It's said that if you put a frog into boiling water it will sense the danger immediately and leap out.
However, if you put a frog into tepid water and slowly raise the heat it will never notice but it will die.
Having lived in the UK for 4 years and as a former US resident I can say that it's a treat to be able to go out with nothing but cash and not feel like a criminal for not carrying ID. I don't need one to buy booze, I don't have to produce one to use the transport system, I don't even have to produce one when I'm stopped by the police for not having a train ticket.
Those that want to commit fraud will find ways to commit fraud, those that want to commit crimes will commit crimes. Same goes for terrorism, restrictions such as the Real ID seem to only effect those that are honest. It goes further to promote a culture fear and distrust of your fellow citizens. You are no one without your ID and you will be arrested or at least treated with suspicion until your ID is verified. Which means that basically the same freedom that I have here in the UK to travel anonymously without evidence besides my own words is slipping towards non-existence in the US and everyone seems to be happy about that. But I have a different experience than most, having had the ability to live in what I consider to be a much freer country in some respects and the contrast especially in regards to topics such as this and how the UK and American populations react is startling.
The water will continue to get warmer.
- emecks0
*stem and emecks both on detention for wrecking serious thread...
stem
(May 11 05, 01:43)detention pffffft.
the prison that can hold this hiJacker has yet to be built!
- stem0
Back to some serious issues:
http://www.mxdirect.co.uk/analys…
*stem and emecks both on detention for wrecking serious thread...
- stem0
It's ok, I can see your NI number on your forehead...
Don't be afraid of yer roots!
P.S. I think there's still a bit of umbilical cord on your shoulder!
- emecks0
+1 416 841 0018
call me if you dare.
- stem0
What's your number emecks?
- emecks0
MX's radical solution #3
All children born to mothers who turn up to hospital in a shellsuit and/or Burberry to give birth shall have a "national insurance" number tattoed on their foreheads as soon as the afterbirth is wiped off.
That'll teach the cunts.
- stem0
How easy would it be for an hacker to change the course of an election result?
Like you say trooperbill, they are placing too much emphasis on technology.
- trooperbill0
my problem is they relu on technology as a result they'll not be foolproof or hackable which negates their use - why should i carry a card to prove who i am if someone else can have a forgery of the same card
go to www.willowtechnology.com and buy a bloody card printer, chip encoder and mag stripe encoder solution.
- stem0
- stem0
TheTick - well read this
- TheTick0
I love these scintillating conversations about meaningful things here. Really I do.
- mrdobolina0
ha
- randoman0
TheTick... not quite-
If something like this ever happened which I highly doubt, you should know something about me.
I'm a 10th season McGyver... I'm the one who will be camped out in the mountains of the midwest living off of racoon, squirrel and river possums, building weapons out of pinecones and honeycombs... while you whiners all are herded into camps complaining about some stupid ID card. I can make salt water drinkable with a book of matches and charcole.
TIVO has taught me many things my friend, many many things.
- TheTick0
randoman - geez I hope you are being facetious and I'm pretty sure you are. If not god I hope you're the first guy they put up against a wall and shoot as you mumble "I didn"t get to finish watching the third season of seinfeld on my TIVO, what gives?"