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UK Compulsory ID Plan Shelved

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday July 1, 2009 @12:43AM from the keep-your-papers-in-your-pocket-please dept.

e9th writes "Despite a bump or two along the way, it seemed that compulsory ID cards were a done deal in the UK. Now, the Financial Times is reporting that the scheme has been shelved. Unfortunately, it seems that this was more a matter of convenience than of concern for citizens' privacy."

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(booboop) Chattel in the UK will report to the ree by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-01 00:51 · Score: 0, Funny

seems like the UK is treating 1984 like an instruction manual
Re:VICTORY! by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2009-07-01 00:54 · Score: 3, Funny

VICTORY for those ignorant enough to think that this would lead to a 1982 orwellien dystopia or some other BS
Do you know what irony is?

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Re:VICTORY! by Big+Hairy+Ian · 2009-07-01 01:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Do you know what irony is?
Isn't it like Goldy & Leady
/baldrick

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Re:Test your liberties every day by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-01 01:16 · Score: 1, Funny

Canada
Re:VICTORY! by Sockatume · 2009-07-01 01:30 · Score: 4, Funny

1982: Because a totalitarian state always seems 2 years away.

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