People 'can't wait for ID cards'

[SantaClaus]

Thinking that you will not eventually be forced to have one is so stupid it is beyond belief.

Moderators: I'm all in favour of a reasoned discussion, but complete imbeciles should not be allowed to post here.

Ok, complete imbeciles should be allowed ID cards on the basis that we need to track their every move

When they start putting satellite tracking devices in these things, maybe a govt. website could publish the locations of all imbeciles so we can avoid them.

Imagine the scenario, you want a quiet pint in the pub, so you log on to New Liebour's ID card tracking service and check there are no imbeciles around.

[minestrone]

The pilot scheme at Manchester airport introduces compulsory ID cards for airside workers.

what part of compulsory are you having trouble with ?

I have worked in jobs where I have needed to be Security Cleared.

Nobody is forcing me to to be Security Cleared.

[Moscow Mule]

The article should read:

People "Can't wait to stab that cow Jacqui Smith in the face, and wouldn't mind having a go at that idiot Hazel Blears either"

[Moscow Mule]

I have worked in jobs where I have needed to be Security Cleared.

Nobody is forcing me to to be Security Cleared.

If you're so in favour of them, will you be getting one before the government forces you to?

[EternalOptimist]

I have worked in jobs where I have needed to be Security Cleared.

Nobody is forcing me to to be Security Cleared.

exactly.

you fail to see the irony of your own words

[ace00]

Ok, complete imbeciles should be allowed ID cards on the basis that we need to track their every move

When they start putting satellite tracking devices in these things, maybe a govt. website could publish the locations of all imbeciles so we can avoid them.

I'd vote for that! Integrate it into Google Earth and we're laughing. Could also track things like greatest concentration of imbeciles (probably that big building in London next to Big Ben), imbecile migration patterns, imbeciles by postcode so imbecile areas would see property values reduced even further leading to imbecile ghettoisation, etc. It's all good.

[minestrone]

If you're so in favour of them, will you be getting one before the government forces you to?

The goverment is not forcing you to have one. End of.

The Daily Mail type reaction to these things is laughable.

[Purple Dalek]

I have worked in jobs where I have needed to be Security Cleared.

Nobody is forcing me to to be Security Cleared.

What about, as is the current case, that the government is creepily making all occupations 'cleared' in one way or another?

You'll sit at home and claim the social?

But you won't be able to do that as you'll need the card to claim...

Do you really not see it?

[TimberWolf]

Ok, complete imbeciles should be allowed ID cards on the basis that we need to track their every move

When they start putting satellite tracking devices in these things, maybe a govt. website could publish the locations of all imbeciles so we can avoid them.

Imagine the scenario, you want a quiet pint in the pub, so you log on to New Liebour's ID card tracking service and check there are no imbeciles around.

You don't need a satellite, just a RFID chip in the cards. I think one country did this (USA?) on passports, and this meant that these people could be detected as Yanks by people with an interest and scanners. I don't know the whole sorry tale, but they may have dropped them, or supplied shields.

[ratewhore]

The article should read:

People "Can't wait to stab that cow Jacqui Smith in the face, and wouldn't mind having a go at that idiot Hazel Blears either"

Given that she can't walk down the high street without a stab vest and police protection, I doubt anyone has approached her to say this...