Comments on: Gee, and I thought a national ID card would solve everything http://thomnottom.com/blog/2004/04/29/gee-and-i-thought-a-national-id-card-would-solve-everything/ Muttonchops and loud shirts... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: markus http://thomnottom.com/blog/2004/04/29/gee-and-i-thought-a-national-id-card-would-solve-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-196 markus Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 //?p=#comment-196 Although the idea of a way to track each and every citizen would have <i>some</i> benefits, I also have to remind myself of the article I read on airport security, and how they've detained this air force officer for questioning at airports over a dozen times. Why? Because his name is on a list, and they can't remove it. So while we can have any old terrorist walk into the country from Canada or Mexico, or come in with a French or British visa, we'll continue to spend our time investigating US citizen Bob John for the 13th time. This card/database idea sounds like communism - works in theory (and Civ II :D) but when you apply it to humans, things go all wrong. Although the idea of a way to track each and every citizen would have some benefits, I also have to remind myself of the article I read on airport security, and how they’ve detained this air force officer for questioning at airports over a dozen times. Why? Because his name is on a list, and they can’t remove it.

So while we can have any old terrorist walk into the country from Canada or Mexico, or come in with a French or British visa, we’ll continue to spend our time investigating US citizen Bob John for the 13th time.

This card/database idea sounds like communism - works in theory (and Civ II :D) but when you apply it to humans, things go all wrong.

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