Originally Posted by
Alric
By the time they abuse it, it will be to late. You have to stop that kind of stuff before hand. Its funny, that you want to take preemptive measure to stop terrorists but when it comes to the government abusing you, you want to take the wait and see approach. This is really the main reason for our differences in opinion.
You fear for your life more than you fear for your freedom. I fear for my freedom more than I do for my life. Honestly, I am more scared of getting into a car accident than being killed by terrorists. Seriously, I hate driving because of it. As for terrorists, I am not even worried, yet alone scared. If we looked at the facts I am probably right in my fears, as I am far more likely to die to some drunk driver than a terrorist. As for the government, they pull this kind of crap all the time, there are literally thousands if not millions of examples of government overstepping there powers.
I know this is an emotional subject, but its just that. Its based on emotions not logic. Here is something I want you to think about. The government has claimed that there is no way to deport the millions of people who are here illegally. They have said, they will not try because its impossible. So does knowing where the people are, help them get them out of the country? No because they refuse to try and deport them all, so knowing where they are does nothing.
So how does the ID get rid of them? Well the only other thing, would be that its hard for them to get a job. Now isn't it already illegal to hire them, and don't we have ways to check? So let me ask you this, if people already hire them knowing their illegal, what is stopping them from hiring them even with the new ID? Its already illegal now, so making it illegal again, really has no effect.
I think if you think about it, theres really no possible way this will effect them. The only valid reason for this new ID is to track people who are already known terrorists. If they are already known terrorists, you get a warrent and bug their phones and you drive around and watch them untill you get evidence and then arrest them and show it in court. That is the proper way to do it. If you think someone is a terrorist why would you let them wander around the country as they please? You wouldn't, you would tail them untill they messed up then bust them. This isn't about tracking terrorists but about tracking the american people.
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