National ID Cards in the UK?

-k- I'm just trying to understand all the furor behind these... I'm not implying that I support them or anything, just trying to get it clear. What makes national ID cards so terrible when we have social security numbers, drivers licenses, etc. I mean, the government already has us assigned to numbers so why all the uproar now?

National ID Cards in the UK?
for one thing, national id cards have been tied to almost every instance of genocide in modern history ... im not sure about the UK, but in the US they will be giving us chipped cards in 2008 and most likely there will be a centralized data base ... most likely in the future you will be required to scan ur card for every transaction, maybe even to get online, and probably anywhere you travel ... in the US the rules have been left up to homeland security ...i think the opportunity for abuse of the system and opression of the people and rights is very high and it is dangerous to have a system like that...
Reply:Why not ? Takes ppl's minds away from the real issues.
Reply:It's about the RFID tracking chips and the assignment of various forms of usage tax liability for the individual products that have the tracking chips. Cash will be able to be tracked from one person to another through these chip IDs and any manner of taxation can be created and enforced...a BAD precedent.
Reply:Largely because we already have so many numbers assigned to us. While if I thought that the ID cards would simplify matters I would support them, instead I suspect it will end up as another piece of plastic in my wallet. Another database with my name, and another billion quid wasted by the government.