James Glassman wants national IDs: "We have to give up" privacy

Mark Talbot mstalbot at newsguy.com
Thu Oct 25 20:42:43 PDT 2001


> Dangerous? Yes, there are dangers to a mandatory national I.D. card, but
> there may be greater dangers without one. The fact is, to live in a 
> society
> as vulnerable as ours, we may have to give up something - but I disagree
> that what's lost is freedom. Instead, it's privacy, and maybe not even 
> that.

This guy is clueless: privacy is a form of freedom.

I have yet to see a post 9/11 scheme that would actually enhance my 
safety in any significant way. Even police states have terrorists.





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