Re: IDs and privacy

From: Samael (samael@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Sat Jan 09 1999 - 04:59:09 MST


-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Leitl <eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: 29 December 1998 21:45
Subject: IDs and privacy

>Alexander 'Sasha' Chislenko writes:
>
> > An ID with a picture (of some identifiable body part) and an
inscription
> > "this person is allowed to buy alcohol" should be sufficient for the
cause,
> > shouldn't it?
>
>I disagree. I think this (just Californese, or is the rest of the U.S.
>privy to it?) custom of asking for an ID if a person looks younger
>than thirty is entirely laughable, and ought to be
>abolished. Everybody ought to be able to poison himself as she sees
>fit.

Even 8 year olds? 10 year olds? 4 year olds? 15 year olds? When does a
person know enough to relaise what effect they are having? People don't
understand short term consequences when they are very young (very young
being an age between 7 and 70 depending on the person in question).

Samael



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