Some States Say National ID Cards 'Make Life Easier'

VE3OGG writes "Some places, like Maine, have outright rejected the idea of a nationally mandated ID card amid privacy, legal and security concerns. On the other side of the fence some states, such as California and New Jersey, have said that they welcome the National ID card and that it will make 'life easier'. One New Jersey official said 'All you are getting in e-government for the most part are things that don't require strong two-factor identification,' the official said referring to security that requires something beyond a user name and password. 'But as we move forward and start to deliver more and more complicated services, I think that people for the most part will want to know their government has implemented strong measures [with National ID cards]'."

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because i'm not a troll

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that's alright slashbots: label me a troll, label me flamebait. i don't tow the lowest common denominator line around here, how dare i, right? mod me into obvlivion! f***ing sheep

i'm not a troll

what i say is the truth:

you hear about how it's the american sheeple who give up their liberties for security because of fear

yet the only fear and panic and hysteria i see are in the comments on slashdot

it's a simple prudent unremarkable bit of efficiency, a national id

and yet to hear it on slashdot, it's an orwellian nightmare

right now the tags for this story reads:

"privacy, usa, bigbrother (tagging beta)"

bigbrother? oh really?

is this maybe a little panic-ridden? a little fearful? basing your opinion on fear and distrust rather than intelligence and wisdom and simple f***ing faith in your fellow man and your government?

well no, excuse me, it's much more obvious to talk about george orwell's 1984, right?

look, slashdot morons:

science fiction...reality

TWO. DIFFERENT. THINGS

but i'm just a troll right?

pffft

no, i'm not the troll, i'm the only one here who isn't a f***ing paranoid schizophrenic pissing in their pants over a f***ing national id card

OH NOES!

IT'S 1984!

EVERYBODY PANIC

f***ing pantywaist idiots

IT'S JUST A FUCKING NATIONAL ID CARD

NO

BIG

F***ING DEAL

now go ahead, mod me into oblivion assholes

i'm not cowering in the corner in fear out of goosestepping fascists poppping up out of nowhere

air headed nitwits