:::Jerry:::: wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com.. Joe
wrote:

So if a new government, of whatever party, enacts a law on May
6th
(or
10th, or whenever it gets its act together) requiring compulsory
ID
cards, we can... do what, exactly?

Same as with the poll tax, not cooperate. If enough people refuse
to
cooperate it becomes unworkable. If HMG prosecutes people for
walking
peacefully down the road, theres gonna be quite an outcry.

But they won't be prosecuting people for walking down the street,
they
will be prosecuting people for not carrying their ID card, a slight
but important differnace.

the actions are identical. Our 2 descriptions emphasise different parts
of what is the one same action.

If I open my door today and walk down the road, all is well. If I do
that with ID card laws, Im criminalised. Its madness.


If there was a law that stated that all
drivers when driving had to have their drivers licence with them (as
there are in other domocratic countries), with the risk of being
prosecuted if they don't, would there be an outcry - hardly.

not comparable, driving licenses have a valid basis.


NT