Against ID cards

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Author: Patrick Crozier

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I am against ID cards because:

• they involve force which I am against
• it is far from clear what problem they are trying to solve (a solution in search of a problem as several people, among them Peter Lilley, have put it).
  • if they are supposed to prevent terrorism then the 7/7 bombings disprove that. There is nothing that ID cards could have done to prevent them
  • if they are supposed to cut down on benefit fraud well, I don't care. Benefits should be abolished
  • if they are supposed to cut crime then one is forced to wonder how exactly?
• the technology is unproven. Mind you, we have to imagine a time when it is so that is a transient argument
• it will involve a very large government computer project. Government computer projects are notorious for delays and cost overruns. Mind you, if it is still worth doing after all that then it is still worth doing
• they're an excuse for not solving the real problem. There are ways of defeating terrorism and reducing crime.

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