On the train home today, I had a chance to discuss the AZ legislation with the conductor. Or, more accurately, interject my comment that any law that would imprison a citizen for failure to carry identification was inherently vilative of Constitutional principles. That led to a discussion about ID, which is what led to this post.

The conductor is educated. The other members of this conversation are educated. More importantly, the don't seem like ignorant bumpkins. Yet, they believe that every person should be required to produce ID on the demand of a LEO. My argument that the verification of ID by the TDC was ineffective because it fails to detect anything (i.e. The discussion regarding false BP at TDC, real BP at gate) and is singularly irrelevant as it does nothing to protect against WEI at the expense of scope creep was brushed off. Finally, for the MARCers here, the conductor asserted that all passengers are required to display ID on the train, on demand. not only is this not supported by the documentation, but it was refuted by MTA customer service. His attempts to justify this assertion by expanding the ID on demand on train requirement for holders of senior/disability to all passengers was met with approval. And worst of all, "[I] don't realize that 9/11 changed everything."

And so I ask, how do we educate the willfully blind?