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Originally Posted by Defiant
Okay you have nothing to hide and your not a criminal then so what possible harm would it cause you!
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I am currently a free, independent person who has the right, should I choose, to live a life in which I need carry no personally identifying material; nor any material that a police officer can demand I produce in order to prove who I am. I could move to Sutherland and farm a croft, with no bank account, no pension, no car, no nothing, if I choose.
If an ID card were introduced, the state gains the right to require me to identify myself to one of its representatives, should they have reason. Thus, a liberty that I currently have is removed. Hence 'infringement of civil liberty.'
We can argue about whether this loss is justified given the current circumstances, but the 'loss of civil liberty' is self evident.