On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:51:06 +0000, MM wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:58:55 +1300, "Jonny"
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Andy" wrote in message
>>news:c4a43d0c-ed47-4fce-8a10-6574b97931dd@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
>>>I am not against the idea of ID cards per-se , but I am seriously
>>> worried about the cross-linking of them with government (and worse,
>>> third party) databases.
>>
>>Id cards wouldn't be necessary if you had a half pie efficient government.
>>It's pretty outrageous that the british government has so little clue about
>>who is in the country. You are an Island nation like us (New Zealand), so
>>simply make use of this advantage to secure your borders and ID cards won't
>>be necessary.
>
>Yes, but you could count all the people in NZ in an afternoon.
>
>MM
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