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Iris-Scan ID Cards For Children In Mexico
An anonymous reader writes "Today the first ID cards that include iris and fingerprint biometric information were registered and issued in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. (Original article in Spanish.) The juicier part of the story is that for now, only children will be enrolled in this national biometric database. It is intended that by December 2012 all children in the country will be registered. The alleged purpose of the new ID card is to hinder the abduction of children and prevent child exploitation. The first ID cards are being issued in the same city that last year started implementing a mandatory iris scan for convicted felons and voluntary members of the public in a Minority Reportesque plan to combat delinquency that features iris readers in public transport and ATMs. This comes from the country that last year attempted and failed to create a national database of mobile phone users, again with the purported intention to tackle extortion and kidnappings."
I don't give a rat's ass about the world bowing down to us. If I had my way, we'd build a big wall on our southern border and shoot anyone who climbs over or tunnels under it, stop all foreign aid to your failed state (and most other countries as well), legalize pot and decriminalize all other drugs, stop all trade with you, and let you morons kill yourselves. Your culture worships violence, crime, and Santa Muerte (the Saint of Death), your people are more violent than just about any on earth, and you should be isolated and left to your own devices. I want nothing to do with your disgusting "culture".
Whining about "outsider meddling" is funny. If you don't like your politicians listening to outsiders, then vote for ones who don't. If voting isn't working, then try a revolution; the brave people of Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya put up with a lot less than the barbarism your people experience every day, and rose up and put an end to it (or are in the process of it in the case of Libya). The brave people of Bahrain and Yemen are doing the same, and other countries in the region will probably go the same way soon, with those people sick of their governments. Your people instead will happily stand by and let the cartels take over, aided by their corrupt allies in government.