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Latest post Tue, Sep 14 2004 7:17 AM by Jobb. 2 replies.
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Jobb
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Tue, 14 Sep 04 07:17 AM
Context: The idea of a national ID, however, was knocked out of earlier drafts of legislation by a coalition of civil rights and ethnic groups, who opposed a requirement that all non-citizens carry identifying documents.
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The phrase 'national ID' is not racist, many countries require people to carry official ID and if the requirement is applied equally, where is the racism?
The idea of singling out only non-nationals to carry ID seems racist.
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Mister Micawber
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Tue, 14 Sep 04 02:58 PM
"The idea of singling out only non-nationals to carry ID seems racist."
Hardly. It has to do only with citizenship. That any particular nation's citizenry happens to be uniracial (an unlikely case) is irrelevant.
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'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'
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