<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by anonplz:
Tsadude, you didn't do anything bad, per se, it's just that the forums on Flyertalk exist to create order out of chaos, as talking about flying can be. You started a thread in the "In The News: ...." forum, but not with a link to a news story, as is customary, but a personal thought about something general related to travel, and the best place for it would be Travelbuzz. We don't all follow the rules so religiously, but people appreciate keeping the forums "clean", thus making following things easier.
As to "a little bit more", no, it's all already gone too far. If "they" "know more than enough about me," then case closed, there isn't even a need to discuss how even more information will be collected, because I won't consent to it, now or ever. Where is the line to be drawn? Is there a line in the sand? This surveillance society we have become is too much, and I can't wait for the era to emerge when the pendulum swings the other way, towards less surveillance and more freedom.
BTW, there are people who do not have driver's licenses, especially in NYC or the bigger places with developed mass transit systems.
As far as I'm concerned, biometrics is disgusting. Pre-9/11, I had a job where the office manager told everyone that a certain biometric procedure was being adopted for, you guessed it, "enhanced security" and that participation would be mandatory.
I refused, point blank. Guess what? They backed down, and never adopted it after all, I presume because there were a number of us who refused.
Next up would be urine testing, blood tests and polygraphs, and who knows what else?
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Thanks for the clarification on these rules of engagement. I have been investigated so much by the government it is not even funny. As a soldier you relinquish your rights to privacy. I have given up so many blood and urine samples that I lost count. I even have DNA samples stored somewhere. Big brother is watching everywhere.