henschman
Member
I am not in favor of government-issued ID's in general. It is not necessary to the government's only legitimate role of protecting people's natural rights.
So of course I am opposed to any requirement for a government-issued ID for any activity. If private institutions wish to create ID's and require them for certain forms of voluntary, consensual interaction, that is fine.
I am strongly against any sort of prior restraint on natural rights, whereby you have to get some bureaucrat's permission to exercise them. People in this country don't tolerate prior restraints on speech, such as having to get a license to publish a book, but curiously they do on all sorts of other fundamental natural rights, such as the possession of guns (or any other thing for which the mere possession of which does not constitute a violation of someone else's rights). And don't tell me that books and ideas are less dangerous than guns... I can point to many instances where the acceptance and practice of monstrous ideas couched in lofty rhetoric (many times popularized by books) caused the death of millions and the destruction of countless lives over the centuries. What is REALLY dangerous is people indoctrinated by horrible, inhuman ideas making sure that they are the only ones with the guns, so they can easily force their ideas on everyone else.
So of course I am opposed to any requirement for a government-issued ID for any activity. If private institutions wish to create ID's and require them for certain forms of voluntary, consensual interaction, that is fine.
I am strongly against any sort of prior restraint on natural rights, whereby you have to get some bureaucrat's permission to exercise them. People in this country don't tolerate prior restraints on speech, such as having to get a license to publish a book, but curiously they do on all sorts of other fundamental natural rights, such as the possession of guns (or any other thing for which the mere possession of which does not constitute a violation of someone else's rights). And don't tell me that books and ideas are less dangerous than guns... I can point to many instances where the acceptance and practice of monstrous ideas couched in lofty rhetoric (many times popularized by books) caused the death of millions and the destruction of countless lives over the centuries. What is REALLY dangerous is people indoctrinated by horrible, inhuman ideas making sure that they are the only ones with the guns, so they can easily force their ideas on everyone else.