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What freedom do you give up?
While it's true this won't stop a terrorist I don't know what freedom you would lose by not having this ID card. You have a Drivers license right? That's ID and you are logged in a database which is often shared with other law enforcement agencies. A national ID would be no different. What about a passport, same thing there. Birth certificate, credit cards, and all those other cards in your wallet. This is just another one with a picture. I don't see how any freedoms are lost by having another ID card.

Now maybe if they say that you must have you ID card on you at all time and you must present you papers for inpection at the request of any authorized official, then that I'd say is a loss of freedom. But really that has little to do with a national ID card. It could be done with the existing ID we have today. A national ID just make it better for you as person who is under this type of scrutiny.
Posted by: voska   Posted on: 01/26/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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It comes down to money  DarthRidiculous | 01/25/07
Hmmmm.  DarbyOhara | 01/25/07
What??  DarthRidiculous | 01/25/07
Rather Maine spend her money keeping the roads up  Laff | 01/26/07
Threaten to withhold their federal highway dollars...  Henrik Moller | 01/26/07
They should jsut stamp everyone's forehead  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/07
Good for them!  Linux User 147560 | 01/25/07
What a shame they will not cooperate.  kda@... | 01/25/07
How will this stop "terrorists"?  Linux User 147560 | 01/25/07
Glad you're not in my state  IronLegs | 01/26/07
Yeah there a so many ripe targets in Maine...  Laff | 01/26/07
Ever heard the phrase "The cure is worse than the disease?"  BitTwiddler | 01/26/07
Do you really think  dwsmith | 01/26/07
What freedom do you give up?  voska | 01/26/07
And how long before you think that will start to happen?  Linux User 147560 | 01/26/07
They can do it now  voska | 01/26/07
hmm, let me see  dwsmith | 01/26/07
Nope...  Laff | 01/28/07
I guess I've seen just what they have now  voska | 01/28/07
THAT my friend is the problem in a nut shell....  Laff | 01/28/07
Doesn't stop anyone  voska | 01/26/07
naive fool  cerberus5 | 01/27/07
Doomed to repeat history  netuzer | 01/30/07
this isn't nazi germany  colyork | 03/18/07
$185 million  mrjonno | 01/26/07
Why is this kind of stuff even exceptable to talk about?  Laff | 01/26/07
Is it so cheap?  jsargent | 02/01/07
That's my HOME state born and raised in Maine!!!  Laff | 01/26/07
So, it was one of those 'Tack-On' Bills...  BitTwiddler | 01/26/07
Hmmmm...lets see we here in America are the richest  Laff | 01/26/07
I'm going to get one...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/26/07
This is a good move.  Dr_Zinj | 01/26/07
but there were American troops in the middle east before 911  stevey_d | 01/27/07
Maine ID Rejection  Al73 | 01/27/07
How about non Americans ?  magcomment | 01/28/07
Mostly 5(r3w3d, which is the point.  D-cat | 01/28/07
freedom over safety  contender92 | 02/20/07

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