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punky · 03-04-2004, 00:22

The idea of ID cards are that they would be much harder to forge, and so you can't defraud the police as easy if you are a terrorist. Current ID methods like Driving license, passport and NI card are laughably easy to forge.

On the other non-terror related side, they are also better for us, as they would have our medical history on. In 1 second the paramedic could determine if your diabetic, have history of epilepsy, heart disease, which could speed up diagnosis, and improve the patient's chances of survival. It could also include things like allergies (bee stings/penicillin, etc)

I'd support them by in large. Carrying a small card in my wallet is no skin of my nose, and if i get to save a few lives, as well, then so much the better. I do think it would be drastically unfair if the government charged us. Driving licenses, passports they are luxuries so its fine to charge for them, but for something that is mandatory, then it seems like exploitation to charge for them.

03-04-2004, 00:22	#17
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 45 Posts: 14,750	Re: Visitors to the US - Visas and fingerprinting - Part 2 The idea of ID cards are that they would be much harder to forge, and so you can't defraud the police as easy if you are a terrorist. Current ID methods like Driving license, passport and NI card are laughably easy to forge. On the other non-terror related side, they are also better for us, as they would have our medical history on. In 1 second the paramedic could determine if your diabetic, have history of epilepsy, heart disease, which could speed up diagnosis, and improve the patient's chances of survival. It could also include things like allergies (bee stings/penicillin, etc) I'd support them by in large. Carrying a small card in my wallet is no skin of my nose, and if i get to save a few lives, as well, then so much the better. I do think it would be drastically unfair if the government charged us. Driving licenses, passports they are luxuries so its fine to charge for them, but for something that is mandatory, then it seems like exploitation to charge for them.