Every time I hear about how angry the people in the UK are over the ID card scheme I start to wonder what there is to be so angry about. Living in a country where everybody gets a number at birth and that number follows you as a "reference" through out life I can’t see the big deal. Having said that I realise how much it sounds like a police state.
The government knows everything about your comings and goings, any illness and disability leave, unemployment and employment, income and taxes, any children and spouses and so on. But it doesn’t bather me. It has always been like that and will be. Nobody will meddle with my life as long as I live peacefully and quiet.
Hm, I guess there you have it. As long as I live peacefully and quiet, otherwise the government will step in… It does sound bad I know, but it could have been a lot worse and somehow we all just live with it. Big Brother is a normal part of our lives. But still that doesn’t mean that I like it all the time.
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