UK MPs Approve Compulsory ID Cards

Idimmu Xul writes "BBC News is reporting that the UK House of Commons has approved legislation making identity cards compulsory." From the article: "The plans, rejected by peers last month, will now go back before the House of Lords. Tories warned of "creeping compulsion" and Lib Dems said the "fight against compulsory ID cards" would go on."

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Re:Let's just cut to the chase, friends

[Orne]

Are the NSA wiretaps lawful? Yes, the president is excercising a power granted by article 2 of our constitution during wartime. Congress can either (1) cancel the war on terror, thus negating his power or (2) pass a constitutional amendment restricting wartime powers, making it illegal. While I see a lot of blathering, I don't see either step taking place.

..., but have they stopped? Probably not.

What effect has the revelation of their use had on society? For the majority of US citizens who have contacts outside of the US? None, there are no reports of anyone who's been injured by tapping; no violation of trade secrets, noones personal property have been infringed... On the otherhand, I'm sure that anyone who had contacts with terrorist-related entities has now either encoded their speech, shortened their messages, or switched to alternative (electronic) secure communications. So, in a sense, we've made made it harder for our society to detect harm coming our way, which in my opinion is the real crime.