Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that's all pretty reasonable. Why do Americans have problems with > this? >
I personally can't get around the arbitrary nature of it. Examples: (1.) Your wallet was lost or stolen. Is it better for democracy to silence your voice when all your family and friends know you're a citizen? (2.) You forgot your wallet. Same as above. (3.) For whatever reason you decided you don't want to be forced to have a government ID. You don't like having "papers", you don't like the government tracking you, etc etc. Same question as above. While I get the "it's simple", "we need it for other stuff", "there are other barriers" arguments, I can't make the leap to this: "Vivec had his wallet stolen yesterday so he can't take part in democracy even if the Secretary of Homeland Security claims he's a citizen." That seems stupid and arbitrary so I'm agin it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339251 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
