I ureservedly apologise for any offence caused that emphatically was not my intention.Jolyon wrote:OUCH. Sorry thats tasteless and way out of line. Some of us have/had our roots in Poland and Germany.
And you ran right into Godwin's Law (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law for details)
As for Godwin's Law I've never heard of it.
The point I, on reflection insensitively, wanted to emphasise was how too much government control and information could potentially be misused by an evil corrupt government.
I formed the (possibly erroneous) impression that you were only concerned with the practicalities rather than the potential pitfalls of an ID card policy.
Once again my apologies for any offence caused.