ID Cards in the UK

[SuitsBlue]

What's the point of them?

so that if a policeman doesnt like the look of you that he can demand to see you 'state id' - if produced he runs it through the computer (are they still pushing for dna database as well) name, age, place of residence. it can lead to a host of problems...''what are you doing here? you live 'X' miles away'', ''there was a 'burglary' earlier, where have you been all evening?'', ''if you dont move along you'll get a night in the cells'' etc.

- if not produced its arrest and police station.

i wonder if a person that has forgotten or lost the id, if taken to the station would they then be charged with wasting police time.

nothing would surprise me in modern day britain. who pays for replacements? bank cards eventually wear out and are replaced by the bank*, will the state id cards wear out or last forever?

all they will do is help harass the law abiding public.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Be easier to put a two way telly in every home

 

[SuitsBlue]

didnt noel edmonds do that?

 

[chicoazul]

no, lets spend the cash on more nuclear plants, more police on the streets, more prisons, and better border patrols.

id cards would only help monitor the law abiding.

What's the point of them?

Two posts that deserve liking.

 

[SuitsBlue]

between 1986 and 1997 there was a phenomenon in america named ''going postal''

the day a terrorised and harassed individual or individuals take the law into their own hands and slaughter an entire gang is the day i stand and applaud.

its too soft here, and the criminals become more brazen everyday.

being bullied by a gang of thirty teenagers smashing your car, house and children up? get a gun and execute. every [Poor language removed] inbred one of them. make [Poor language removed] sure.

 

[DENNIS STEVENS]

waste of money.
but it'll start a new industry producing counterfeit cards, so somebody will benefit.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

between 1986 and 1997 there was a phenomenon in america named ''going postal''

the day a terrorised and harassed individual or individuals take the law into their own hands and slaughter an entire gang is the day i stand and applaud.

its too soft here, and the criminals become more brazen everyday.

being bullied by a gang of thirty teenagers smashing your car, house and children up? get a gun and execute. every [Poor language removed] inbred one of them. make [Poor language removed] sure.

Seeing the murderer of the gang given the death penalty though? Because there are no explanations only excuses right?

 

[SuitsBlue]

no excuses.

eventually someone will just have taken so much they reach breaking point and take matters into their own hands.

that teacher that got some time for firing an unloaded air gun at some youths that had terrorised her and her family being a case in point.

 

[ManInTheGlass]

In favour

 

[Nebbiolo]

Nothing against the principle of I.D. cards but the expense and the potential for the government to fook it all up makes me against their intoduction at this point in time.