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Question of identity

1:18pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

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IT would appear from letters in The Press (April 25) that I have stirred up a hornets' nest with reference to ID cards.

It would seem the correspondents have failed to grasp the importance of identification in this changing world, which relates not only to criminal exploits but as a means of expediency, when dealing with members of the public with regard to other incidents, domestic or otherwise.

There are many occasions when our emergency services are called on to deal with illness, sudden death, persons who have lost their memory, drivers of motor vehicles, passengers and even cyclists who have no means of identification about their person.

As for criminal activity and the increase in illegal immigrants, long gone are the days when crime was mainly activated by local burglars and the like, when everyone knew their neighbours.

The boundaries have been extended nationwide because of motor vehicles being readily available to most people, legitimate or otherwise.

Kenneth Bowker, Vesper Walk, Huntington, York.

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Bemused, York says...
4:09pm Tue 6 May 08

The problem Kenneth, is that you have no idea what DNA is, and what sort of information it carries. It's data we should guard, and at all costs stop third parties getting hold of.

The government has proved time after time it cannot be trusted with it.

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BL, says...
4:21pm Tue 6 May 08

People seem to be under the misguided impression that ID cards would STOP ID theft. Just as when chip and pin was introduced (and card cloning crime increased) the criminals would just find a way to duplicate ID cards. There is no question that this WILL happen as it has happened with every form of identity used historically so far.

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TW, Wrong Planet says...
8:02pm Tue 6 May 08

Whilst the 'concept' of ID cards is to a certain extent OK (carried one while working in Germany), the version envisioned by 'our great rulers' is not.
I wonder how dear Kenneth would feel if every time a couple of his skin cells or a hair were found at the scene of a crime at his local shop, petrol station, pub etc he was dragged in for questioning and possibly held for up to 42 days without charge (if our great rulers get their way)
Comments please Kenneth

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