Massachusetts Joins the Real ID Fight

In the battle against big government and the infamous Real ID, Massachusetts has hopped on board. In the words of State Senator Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, "Historically, Americans have resisted the idea, which totalitarian governments have tended to do, of having a national ID. That's the broad philosophical issue. I don't think it's a good move and I would be reluctant to see why we are going to that step." And State Attorney General Martha Coakley thinks "it's a bad idea." Should be interesting to see how it gets voted.

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Re:National ID == license to exist

[Marxist Hacker 42]

If you can't show one on demand, you are detained (to wit: your participation in society is suspended) until your license to exist or one is issued, or you are removed from society.

Good. It's the one thing the founding fathers messed up on- if you can't control your borders, you don't have a country. If you don't know who is in the country, then defacto you have relinquished your ability to control your borders.

Only criminals should be removed from society, of course- but unless you've got an identity system, you don't even know who the criminals ARE.

Not exactly what the Founding Fathers had in mind when creating a free country.

The Founding Fathers were living in a country that had never been attacked with weapons of mass destruction. I think we can be relatively safe in utterly denying them any voice in 21st century security discussions. Anonymity is just the right to take away rights from your neighbors.