Just say F.U. to Fascism!

fas·cism (f?sh’?z’?m) n.

1. often Fascism
2. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
3. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
4. Oppressive, dictatorial control.

Foxie, there can be no other reason for an Australian national ID card than for the gubmint to keep closer tabs on dissenters.

Your paperssssssss, pleeeessssssss?

Good point, Weez. There’s no really convincing argument for ID cards, and as you say, they are likely to become just another security risk.

We’ll just end up like the yanks today or the Germans under Uncle Adolf. No ID then you’re nobody so off with your head. Ask a yank about his human rights if he can’t produce the plastic. You’re guilty until proven innocent.

And our Reichstag in Canberra will link every damn thing you do in life to their super-spy computers, as in England today, then they’ll whizz us off to their gulags for only 40 years or so.

But they’ll tell us the card is only for peaceful purposes, of course. Just like some countries tell us they only want Nukes for peaceful purposes.

“Ask a yank about his human rights if he can’t produce the plastic. You’re guilty until proven innocent.”

Few can speak to that one as directly as Deborah Davis. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights haven’t been repealed just yet and she had the mighty ACLU in her camp. Davis won the right to ride the bus without being harassed by police for ID.

Aussies are not so lucky. No Bill of Rights and no well-resourced civil liberties defence organisation.