Britain's frantic rush towards a fully fledged surveillance society

[STEED]

Well Nemo answer this one.

So you will not object to a government spy camera in every room of your house, including your bedroom, linked back to a police monitoring station? Apparently a lot of crime goes on behind closed doors. Child abuse, criminals conspiring, thieves dividing up their loot, drug dealers etc. The police could clear up a lot of crime with these new powers. Surely if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear?"

Still waiting for an answer to above

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

Are spy cameras and implanted electronic chips part of the ID card package then?

Why dose this country have more spy cameras than any other country's?

The ID card will be a biometric card of course it will have a electronic chip in it.

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

Steed I think you are going over the top with the 1984 scenario.

As of Jan 1st 2006 the police can arrest you without due course reason.

As a suggestion see how long you can stand outside Parliament protesting before the police turn up, feel free to try it.

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

Identity theft is happening now without ID cards in operation, so I don't see that they would increase crime in this area in fact they might even have the opposite effect.

I'm not talking about crime in your area.

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

What have we really to fear from a piece of plastic with details on it to prove who we are?

It's about the database state set up by this government, have you forgotten they are here to work for you not the other way around.

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

The only people that would need to worry are those who shouldn't be here in the first place.

Here's the answer

Immigrants and asylum seekers are already subject to stringent ID checks and must have their fingerprints taken etc. Illegal immigrants often arrive with no ID whatsoever, having shredded their passports in an attempt to become faceless and backgroundless. A National ID Card will do precisely nothing to stop this problem. Many illegal immigrants knowingly face death to get to safer countries. Would ID cards stop people who are that desperate?

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

As mentioned in earlier posts the ID card will show that you are a proud citizen of the UK and are entitled to the benefits that the country offers.

Why should I be proud of this ID Card? Seems to me other forum members from the U.K. are also against this card.