I've moved from Belgium,a country with ID cards , to the UK , a country without ID cards. I must say ID cards are pretty damn handy. You try to do a simple thing like opening a bank account in the UK. It took me 6 weeks of running around with phone and electricity bills to prove my identity and to actually get paid by my UK employer. There is a huge burden on private companies that depend on their consumer's identities to invest resources on security. 'Security' that is based on checking phone bills. It's idiotic. In ID countries that burden is outsourced to the governement , where it belongs.
It's ridiculous for people to maintain that they are more free without ID Cards when they need to go through lengths to perform simple administrative tasks in day to day life using low security pseudo ID like a damn phone bill.
ID-phobia is just an irrational fear deeply held by people who obviously do not live in a global economy where waiting 6 weeks to open a bank account is a nightmare.
[i]imagine what they will do if it was a offending movie/act:[/i]
No they will kill. Like they did before in The Netherlands a couple of years ago.
Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture, has been stabbed and shot dead in Amsterdam, Dutch police say.
Police arrested a man in a nearby park after an exchange of gunfire. The man, aged 26, had joint Dutch and Moroccan nationality, they said.
Van Gogh, 47, had received death threats after his film Submission was shown on Dutch TV.
It portrayed violence against women in Islamic societies.
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As I started to drift off, I saw the puzzle in my head. As I watched in my mind, all the numbers dropped into place one by one.
The force is strong in this one...
Don't forget you tinfoil hat ;)
I've moved from Belgium ,a country with ID cards , to the UK , a country without ID cards. I must say ID cards are pretty damn handy. You try to do a simple thing like opening a bank account in the UK. It took me 6 weeks of running around with phone and electricity bills to prove my identity and to actually get paid by my UK employer. There is a huge burden on private companies that depend on their consumer's identities to invest resources on security. 'Security' that is based on checking phone bills. It's idiotic. In ID countries that burden is outsourced to the governement , where it belongs.
It's ridiculous for people to maintain that they are more free without ID Cards when they need to go through lengths to perform simple administrative tasks in day to day life using low security pseudo ID like a damn phone bill.
ID-phobia is just an irrational fear deeply held by people who obviously do not live in a global economy where waiting 6 weeks to open a bank account is a nightmare.
when impotence sets in.