[clue-talk] national ID card

[Angelo Bertolli]

dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
> Saying that everything should be open is just an excuse to snoop.
I have no interest in snooping.  I just think that if we're going to 
have to have identifications necessary for running a society, the 
information should be more open than something that the government keeps 
for itself.

> We all have expectations of privacy,  be it in personal mail, or email from our home accounts, conversations with friends, financial records, trade secrets, boardroom business, in our homes, in the bedroom...  That person who insists on prying into your personal life probably squawks quite loudly whenever anyone tries to peer into their life.
>   
We're only talking about identity, not communication.  Of course not all 
communication can be open, or some things will break.  I think that's 
more easily abused.  I think I agree with Sean, that government 
transparency is the real issue.

> There is a big difference between public information and private information.  Actual news that occurs in the open.  Records about meetings and decisions by our government officials to ensure that they remain honest and trustworthy.  Scientific, technical and historical knowledge.  Etc.
>   
So do you think that your identification should be public information or 
private information?