To: BlueStateDepression
Government by its very nature is abusive and seeks control.
This is why the Founding Fathers, (in trheir wisdom), strictly limited the power and authority of government.
I highly recommend you obatin a copy of "The Federalist Papers" and read it carefully. See how the brilliant men who gave us our republic felt about the exponential propensity of governments to expand their control over the citizenry, and why they put severe limits on what this one can do.
Your safety and security chimera is irrelevant. Liberty is more important than safety or catching even the worst criminals. I'm responsible for my own safety and security, thanks to the wisdom of the Second Amendment. Maybe you should be too, instead of looking to your lord god and master, the Almighty State.
To: Crispus Attucks Patriot
Almsot seems like you are anarchist by the way you write.
Is any law you do not personally agree with labeled as abusive? Are laws against sexually exploiting children out of bounds and simply seeking to control people?
Contrary to your assumption, my god is the rule of law formed by a government that is by the people for the people of the people. In order to prosecute the laws made one must be able to accurately identify each individual as their own person. I seek to avoid mistakes in that prosecution by accurately identifying each person.
To say that an ID removes liberty is the REAL straw man argument here. You have ID in your wallet right now is your liberty gone? Pure Foolishness!
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