At 9:13 PM 9/19/96, Gary Howland wrote:
Timothy C. May wrote:
(Yes, I disliked being thumb-printed, but I could see no viable alternative. I'm sure Duncan has some scheme to declare himself a Botswanan exchange student, but I decided being thumb-printed was the lesser hassle.)
Sure, it's always less hassle doing what they want. Privacy doesn't come for free. It's easier to let the police search you in the street than it is to make them arrest you so that you can make a formal complaint.
So, just what it is _your_ method of dealing with this? While it is noble to talk about fighting the system, just how do you go about doing it yourself? Do you simply drive without a valid driver's license? I know some folks who do, of course, but it's not something that's "worth it" to me. (This space reserved for your lecture about how I need to be prepared to go to jail to defend my right not to be thumbprinted, etc. On second thought, why don't you be the one to go to jail, and then you can let us know your experiences.)
Paraphrasing that famous quote, just which part of "not for identification" don't they understand?
Hmm - who are you paraphrasing here? (Just curious).
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