"Lee" wrote in message
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Steve Walker wrote:

Damned right. Within a few years you'll be swiping your ID to visit a
library, to draw money at the bank, to get on a bus. Private companies
will widely require them as part of a transaction, and link their data
into the statre systems.

This (Merkin) clip sums up my objection to ID cards:
http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927

I haven't looked at that but Americans have to have ID. So do very many
countries' citizens. You've probably visited some of them ... do you know
why they are?

Mary

Lee
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