More police state

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I was required to show photo ID as well as my membership card in order to get two maps at AAA. They claim they're having an identity-theft problem (but they don't seem willing to issue photo membership cards the way Costco does).

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[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

I don't see how you can connect this and "Police State."

This is not governmental. This is a private business making what seems to be a reasonable rule. I have had to show my ID in the past.

Liam

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

It is the presumption of dishonesty in every day life that of course requires us to check up on you. That it is becoming more and more common to require ID for every piddling thing makes it easier for the government to do so, not harder. Requiring ID is now in the very fabric of American society; whereas in our youth asking for ID would have been considered presumptuous rudeness that would have been greeted with the disdain it deserves.

The Police State happens when we let it: and we are more likely to let it once we stop treating each other as decent, honest, human beings.