Originally Posted by skylady
What about the non citizen? Are they afforded the same rights to not show ID{even though anybody can get one on the corner}? I guess I just don't understand the paranoia of Big Brother, if you are not doing anything wrong, then why would you care who tracks where you fly?
If you're not doing anything wrong, how about I search your house from time to time? Or pull you over on your way to and from work and toss your car? Or just visit you at home or pull you over and demand a valid ID? You have nothing to hide, so you should be pleased to be contributing to a safer, more secure society.
Originally Posted by skylady
Why do you care if Safeway tracks your purchases? I belong to Albertsons and Ralphs, and neither of them bug me. It seems that nobody here has ever been the victim of identity theft, or a lost credit card. I frown on those that don't ask me for ID when using a credit card, as the face should fit the purchaser.
I am very annoyed with those who do ask me for ID, since their merchant agreement usually prohibits doing so. If someone swipes my credit card, I'm liable for $50 as long as I report the bogus charges as soon as I see them. That could be as late as when I get my monthly bill. Moreover, most credit card companies will waive the $50. If I get carded making a credit card purchase, I educate the merchant about their credit card agreement. If they do it a second time, I report them to Visa/Mastercard/American Express and let them take care of the problem. For some reason, it never persists.
Originally Posted by skylady
I dread the day when anybody can board any flight any way they want to, just because they are entitled to. But then again, it will never happen like it did, right?
Why?
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but anyone CAN board any flight they want to by grabbing someone else's boarding pass/passport and clearing "security" with their own ID or someone whose ID looks very much like them. This doesn't bother me and I wish we'd give up on the idiotic paranoia of having to know everything about someone who gets on a plane. Guess what? Unless you only bid internationally, convicted, violent felons fly with you daily. Just like they walk among you at the mall and supermarket.
I would very much prefer this nation lives up to the principles upon which it was founded.