Is Britain that much a police state already?

Stealhead · 05-03-14, 10:14 PM

If you think about it the idea of a "national ID" feels a lot less invasive than lots of cameras. Of the thing with the cameras is in most cases no one is really sitting and watching them live (with some exceptions).

And they really do not stop people.I have seen plenty of videos of people mugging someone in London they seem not to care that a camera is watching them and they know that they have a pretty good chance of getting away before the law shows up.

Of IDs really do not stop anything.If someone really has a need to forge a document they will. Here in the US they got a hard on for the ID thing after 9/11 because those guys just illegally aquired legit IDs and then simply did not follow the legal requirements.

So they get the stupid idea to have the national IDs.Before that many states became much stricter when it came to getting a license or to renew one.Of course they fail to realize that a determined terrorist or drug dealer or kid that wants to buy booze will simply find some way to acquire a fraudulent ID anything can be faked even if it uses electronic technology.

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05-03-14, 10:14 PM	#16
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	If you think about it the idea of a "national ID" feels a lot less invasive than lots of cameras. Of the thing with the cameras is in most cases no one is really sitting and watching them live (with some exceptions). And they really do not stop people.I have seen plenty of videos of people mugging someone in London they seem not to care that a camera is watching them and they know that they have a pretty good chance of getting away before the law shows up. Of IDs really do not stop anything.If someone really has a need to forge a document they will. Here in the US they got a hard on for the ID thing after 9/11 because those guys just illegally aquired legit IDs and then simply did not follow the legal requirements. So they get the stupid idea to have the national IDs.Before that many states became much stricter when it came to getting a license or to renew one.Of course they fail to realize that a determined terrorist or drug dealer or kid that wants to buy booze will simply find some way to acquire a fraudulent ID anything can be faked even if it uses electronic technology.