Who am I?

No, not who is Hyperangry, that's of no consequence, but who are you? The UK Government wants us all to carry a card saying who we are. Why? They say it will cut down on terrorism, except that the 7/7 bombers made no secret of who they were. They say it will cut down on illegal immigration, except that illegal immigrants make no secret of who they are; the problem is finding them, not identifying them. They say it will cut down on identity theft, except that most ID theft is remote from the user and hence any card they may carry. They say the Police want it, except the Police say they don't. They say it will ... well they say anything they think we might believe. It is, of course, all lies.


So, why do the politicians really want ID cards? Ask yourself what it is politicians do? No, not what they say they do, but what they actually do. The answer comes in this fabulous quote from Proudhon;

"To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so.

To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assesed, licensed, authorised, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolised, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harrased, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonoured.

That is government; that is its justice, that is its morality."

So now we know. ID cards are for the control of the law-abiding. They have nothing to do with crime & terrorism, since criminals and terrorists by definition don't obey laws. ID cards are to tighten the grip that the politicians have on the law-abiding public at large.

Well, they can stuff their ID cards. I won't be carrying one. See you in prison!