Mary Fisher wrote:
"Brian G" wrote in message
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If everyone of an innocent nature was carrying an ID card, then you
wouldn't be worried at all about being stopped in the street by the
police and asked to show your ID. I think you'd only fly off the
handle and object if you knew you had something to hide, or had just
done something that is against the rules of society, normally called
the moral code.

What about the freedom just to walk about without having to explain
yourself
to all and sundry. Remember, it just won't be PC plod who will have
the power to stop you.

For some it might be nice to be talked to :-)

Being asked for an ID card is not 'being talked to' is it?

Who in their right minds would think that, in a population of
millions of people, that they, and they alone, would be picked out
and scrutinised by the big brother state? Answers on a post-card
to: :-)

Ask that question to those people who have been stopped and searched
under the 'Suss law' - even though they have been going about their
lawful business. You, like me are old enough to remember that one,
with people being stopped just because they had long hair - I last
saw that law being used a few years ago when driving through a major
city and four plods had just stopped a young lad for no apparent
reason in the 'club-land' area and
were searching him.

"apparent" is the key word.

What I saw, was a perfectly innocent lad being stopped bt four bores coppers
standing on the street - and he was let go rather quickly when a little
fraca started just up the road - as I said, four bored plods!

Only them with a paranoid disposition are going to think they're
being watched from on high. Time to bring out the aluminium foil
hats folks.

They will watch and you don't need to be of a paranoid disposition
to work that out. BW, you are being 'watched' now. Just jump into
your mode of transport and drive on any major road and you will be
photographed at some stage and your vehicle number checked - could
be a bit awkward if you were 'playin away' in the wrong area of town
and there was a purge on.

Why are you playing away? No need to answer that, I'm not interested,
but it's something to examine your own conscience about.


Wife was with me at the time Mary, and after nearly forty years of marriage,
I think that's the last thing I want to do (keeping one female happy take
all the time that I have, as you will understand) but 'playing away' has
more than one connotation in my book, and it was being used as an example -
anyway, howcome you are so familiar with the term?


Brian G