From: Tavia tavia@btinternet.com I don't imagine an id card would have many advantages for the users,
No, I don't either. That's why I put it the way I did. Should've added that the bureaucrats would want it electronically readable, which we don't need, when all that's really required is some sort of card which has a name, a photograph, and a signature on it. That'd say "This is me, now give me those blinking cards that allow me access to my money!", which is the main reason I need something of the sort. Something simple, so that anyone who wanted or needed to establish another identity could do so. Not that I see that happening - you see the fuss that would be made by the Laura Norder mob, oh dear me, we'd be heading for anarchy if it was that easy to get a new name! No, it's too simple, and makes other things more complex.
We need it and we don't need it. I don't know what the solution is, but it certainly isn't a tattooed shuffler in a British shopping complex, right, Una?
particularly not hitched to a system where one had to carry such, and presumably therefore had to go by a single name? I used to rather enjoy having three or four different identities... (confuse the bastards...)
And serve them right too! More often than not they deserve to be confused, seeing as they think it best to confuse others. <shakes head> Now what am I going to do with all these worms from that can?
Regards Joanne
Note: if you skip really fast in one spot, with a haughty expression on your face - it's flamenco! --Joy Sikorski, How to draw a clam.
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