i know i'm gonna get stick for this. so ID card's anyone?
why do you's think identification of victim's took the authorities awhile to do so? yeah DNA and suchlike are more than suffice, but isn't it a quicker process if victims' thumbprints [wee island ID cards include thumbprints and blood types - as well as some barcode!] were taken and then compared with record's kept in a nationwide database?
alternatively, ID cards could be quickly searched for on the victim's bodies. that's why wee islander's are penalised heavily if they don't carry their ID's at all times. whilst out gallivanting that is. and the irony is ID card's ere - locally known as "I/C" = identity card - is a british legacy, immediately effected after independence.
and why should the police, MI5, and MI6 be wastin their time and resources scrutinising every CCTV tape, even beggin the public to email em their MMS's of the aftermath?
also, why should em minorities be afraid of being singled out if they don't harbour any evil intention's? they are afraid of selective racist treatment? if that's the case, they should return whence they or their grandparent's come instead of makin a right nuisance of emselves in other people's country.
perhaps it's become part of my identity that i don't feel my privacy is intruded when i'm asked for my I/C, or NRIC [national registration identity card] or I/C number - durin a job interview. or whilst fillin out a lucky draw coupon. only if and when individual's ask for my NRIC number would i ask, "why the fuck do you want to know?"
so, personal security or infringement of individual rights, these ID card's?
oh, and it's em twattin cunt's and their ilk who abuse their "civil liberties". whatever that means.
as enscribed by the letter b @ July 11, 2005 03:29 PM | someone's pingedhmm, i'm curious - selling what sort of info? that telemarketing pests will have access to your address and such? but isn't it too far fetched a scenario?
btw, the I/Cs here are free of charge unless of course we lose em.
as blahed by the letter b @ July 12, 2005 06:35 AMThe only part I don't like about it is having to pay for one. Wouldn't be too happy if they sold the info to companies either.
as blahed by Miles @ July 11, 2005 11:05 PMwas the ID green in colour also? in fact alot of expats ere who are PRs think likewise - not a problem whatsoever.
as blahed by the letter b @ July 11, 2005 04:11 PMA dodgy subject indeed. When serving in H.M.forces it is compulsary to carry your ID card with you at ALL times.
I never found it a problem.