On 4/1/2009 12:08 PM, m wrote:
David wrote:
> On 4/1/2009 10:13 AM, Craig White wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 14:49 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>>>> I use a state issued picture driver license, a birth certificate,
>>>> and a US
>>>> Passport.
>>> Which doesn't prove you are not one of identical twins ;)
>> ----
>> which is an important distinction if you happen to be the paranoid
>> schizophrenic twin...
>> Great book
>> Craig
>> ps - then again, the fingerprints would likely be identical
> True. But I also have concealed carry permits in four different
states
> and
> they take fingerprints and run background checks. :-P
> Maybe I should have said that my mother assured me that I am me?
> Only the paranoid I guess.
Yes its a paranoid world. My question though, after reading this
thread,
is of what real use is birth certificate? I asked at the DMV once,
naturally the response was a somewhat less than spectacular "proves you
were born." So the fact that I live and breathe is not proof enough that
someone gave birth to me? Perhaps it should be called an identity
certificate instead. Anyone want to join my support group for the
insanely pedantic.
In the US of A you need one to be President? To get a passport. And, in
Florida, today, and all other states eventually, to get a drivers license.
I have ID badges that let me work on certain schools in certain counties.
You need a drivers license to get it. And a background check. And
fingerprints taken.
Big Brother is watching? Or maybe? Welcome to City Seventeen?
Yeah. It's getting bad.
--
David