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Morrigoon · 05-18-2007, 08:20 PM

The national ID card interferes with freedom once you can't leave the house without it. You are then not free to walk the streets without your "papers" very commie/nazi. I fear if we institute a national ID card, it will somehow become mandatory that we have them on our person at all times. And don't try to compare that to a driver's license, because we only need that if we're operating a motor vehicle.

I DO feel less free because of all the hassle they have added to travel. I am not free to just pack a bag, buy a ticket, and step on a plane. I am now told how to pack my bag (eg: liquids in a ziploc bag or don't carry them), I am forced to remove my shoes and let my sweaty socks mingle with the humid impressions of so many hundreds of hot stockinged feet before me as I step through a metal detector, I am checked, and rechecked for my identity, and for good measure, checked again. I now have to arrive 2 hours before a flight to have a chance of making it through security in time for a flight that may last half that time. I do NOT feel free.

I don't even feel free on the net anymore, thanks to the Patriot Act. I think you'll find many Americans who no longer feel free to joke about certain topics lest it trigger some sort of "search" by the FBI, the records of which could hinder future ability to get certain jobs (I've had many jobs that required FBI background checks). No longer free to read certain books even out of curiosity, no longer free to search certain keywords on the internet, etc.

Am I doing anything wrong? No. But fear of being wrongly accused or even of having to go through the process of defending myself for doing nothing wrong restricts my freedoms. I can't satisfy my curiosity about the Anarchists' Cookb0ok (do I have the name right?) for fear of being mistaken for a terrorist.

The forefathers saw this, that's why the wrote the constitution, and it stood for freedom until big-brother (sorry, big-government) politicians decided to undermine it in a big power grab, aided by fearful peasants.

05-18-2007, 08:20 PM	#46
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	The national ID card interferes with freedom once you can't leave the house without it. You are then not free to walk the streets without your "papers" very commie/nazi. I fear if we institute a national ID card, it will somehow become mandatory that we have them on our person at all times. And don't try to compare that to a driver's license, because we only need that if we're operating a motor vehicle. I DO feel less free because of all the hassle they have added to travel. I am not free to just pack a bag, buy a ticket, and step on a plane. I am now told how to pack my bag (eg: liquids in a ziploc bag or don't carry them), I am forced to remove my shoes and let my sweaty socks mingle with the humid impressions of so many hundreds of hot stockinged feet before me as I step through a metal detector, I am checked, and rechecked for my identity, and for good measure, checked again. I now have to arrive 2 hours before a flight to have a chance of making it through security in time for a flight that may last half that time. I do NOT feel free. I don't even feel free on the net anymore, thanks to the Patriot Act. I think you'll find many Americans who no longer feel free to joke about certain topics lest it trigger some sort of "search" by the FBI, the records of which could hinder future ability to get certain jobs (I've had many jobs that required FBI background checks). No longer free to read certain books even out of curiosity, no longer free to search certain keywords on the internet, etc. Am I doing anything wrong? No. But fear of being wrongly accused or even of having to go through the process of defending myself for doing nothing wrong restricts my freedoms. I can't satisfy my curiosity about the Anarchists' Cookb0ok (do I have the name right?) for fear of being mistaken for a terrorist. The forefathers saw this, that's why the wrote the constitution, and it stood for freedom until big-brother (sorry, big-government) politicians decided to undermine it in a big power grab, aided by fearful peasants. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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