On 15/09/06 20:14 +0530, Rony wrote: <snip>
Thats the purpose of this CIS system. It will not help us detect a person's intentions but it will ensure that no faceless person simply goes about conning people or walks into a public place, plants a bomb
Those who would give up essential liberty ...
and walks away or will keep changing ids after every crime. Knowledge of a person's id acts as a natural control over behavior.
And there are perfectly good reasons for anonymous speech. Particularly when you want to criticise the government. I see absolutely no reason to trust a government which goes about banning blogs terming them "anti-national".
Citizen Information System sounds like it provides information TO citizens. Instead, it provides information ABOUT citizens. Now, from when do we start wearing the star of david^W^W^Wthe cresent^W^W... ? (I lose here).
May I recommend Nineteen Eighty-Four? While you are at it, Brave New World, Farenheit 451, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, The rise and fall of the Third Reich are also good to read.
Devdas Bhagat