Originally Posted by
nbs2
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.
And so I ask, how do we educate the willfully blind?
OMNI here we come.
One question and I’ll leave this one alone. “any law that would imprison a
citizen”. That word in bold in the main thrust of the entire argument. Your words. Who is and who is not.
In this country we prosecute law breakers, and imprison them. Immigration laws are indeed laws. Here where we try to treat everyone as equally as possible (there are countries who don’t even pretend to do that), why are we giving one class of law breaker a pass?
It’s a complicated subject with many views. We cannot solve it here at TS/S.
But in the interest of trying to keep the TS/S portion of this alive, ID checks at the checkpoint serve several purposes. You can “what if” that away all you like, but fact is fact. Attempting to validate the identity of the individual holding a boarding pass is good practice, but there is nothing in this world that is 100%, and most things don’t even come close to 100%. Attempting is better than not attempting, and criminals are not the smartest people in the world (Yes, terrorists are also criminals).