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Neil__
07-25-2003, 11:19 PM
Take it or leave it Britain.

Neil

Rat Faced
07-26-2003, 10:37 AM
Im all in favour of ID cards.

Always have been.

Not for security from "International Terrorism", hell any organisation with a little money would be able to get around them....but for the smaller things like..


Evidence of who you are: all rolled into one...instead of having to take evidence with you to open Bank Accounts, prove your age etc etc etc.

Plus, not needing to get a passport to go to most of Europe.

3rd gen noob
07-26-2003, 10:40 AM
unless you have something to hide, this sounds like a good idea

i hate having to carry more than one piece of id at a time, i fear i will lose something valuable

Barbarossa
07-29-2003, 08:36 AM
The new picture-card driving licences are already a good approximation of an ID card, I'm all for it..

ilw
07-29-2003, 08:43 AM
aren't the british airways cards just punch in/out cards? How is that a step towards identity cards?

Barbarossa
07-29-2003, 09:18 AM
Originally posted by ilw@29 July 2003 - 08:43
aren't the british airways cards just punch in/out cards? How is that a step towards identity cards?
I don't know, I've been out of the country for a fortnight so I've missed all this (thankfully flying Emirates rather than BA)

Can someone explain to me what the problem is with the swipe cards?

J'Pol
07-29-2003, 05:16 PM
ilw is correct. It is a timekeeping card to show when the employee logs in and logs out.

It is nothing like an ID card.

The thread begins from a flawed premise and as such is pretty much pointless.