I don't fear the so-called "slippery slope" as much as some do here on Free Republic.
My lack of fear is not out of naivete or wishful thinking - but instead it's based on real-life thinking.
On a side note, my desk, my PC and my work are already subject to un-announced inspection by the company I work for, by external auditors and by the SEC.
"...My lack of fear is not out of naivete or wishful thinking - but instead it's based on real-life thinking..."
That's just it. For the vast majority of my life I had never been stopped at one of these so-called license/insurance/registration police checkpoints...because they never used to exist! Now they're all the rage among police agencies. In one example that I've shared on FR before, I was stopped twice on the same road within a few miles of each other by two separate law enforcement agencies roadblocks within an hour. I had to patiently wait on line each time for the privilege of having an officer peer in my car and review my documentation.
I'm just an innocent businessperson in the technology arena who has to visit important clients. When they need me onsite at their datacenters, it's typically urgent in nature. It cost me money and it certainly cost my clients money. These absurd barriers to free passage and commerce never existed even a decade ago, so it's not my imagination. Similar to this infernal Kansas fingerprinting scheme, I was an innocent person caught in the dragnet. Please don't think that you won't get "dinged" by one of these techniques...it's really just a matter of time.
~ Blue Jays ~