Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: Andy636
Over here is mandatory for all persons 14 yo and older to carry an ID card the second you left the house.
True, you guys are more familiar, and therefore comfortable with "papers please" conditions.
And Australia is heading down that path with closures of highways for a week at a time to check papers, blow in the bag, drug tests, and sniffer dogs.
Just because you tolerate it doesn't make it right to make it law.
If I want to carry ID, to let my loved ones know I got hit by a bus I can.
If I want to ride to the end of the street to get a litre of milk, I don't want a $108 fine for taking change instead of a filing cabinet of "papers"
I see the condescending in your post and it's like me being an arshole to you and saying that's how things should be in a prison
Originally Posted By: Andy636
Over here is mandatory for all persons 14 yo and older to carry an ID card the second you left the house.
True, you guys are more familiar, and therefore comfortable with "papers please" conditions.
And Australia is heading down that path with closures of highways for a week at a time to check papers, blow in the bag, drug tests, and sniffer dogs.
Just because you tolerate it doesn't make it right to make it law.
If I want to carry ID, to let my loved ones know I got hit by a bus I can.
If I want to ride to the end of the street to get a litre of milk, I don't want a $108 fine for taking change instead of a filing cabinet of "papers"
I see the condescending in your post and it's like me being an arshole to you and saying that's how things should be in a prison