From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 22:10:24 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Was the clause for Biometric ID Cards dropped?
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At 07:20 PM 4/21/96 -0700, Lucky Green wrote:
>At 17:12 4/21/96, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
>>        As the subject line says, was the proposal for Biometric ID Cards
>>dropped? I saw something about it on here and forwarded it; my respondent
>>(Phil Agre of the RRE news service) says he thought that clause had been
>>dropped.
>
>If it passes this year, next year, or five years from now, pass it will.
>With the customary >90%. Presumably after a suitable Reichstag Brand.

But since they are unlikely to imprison you for not having them.  And you
will be able to be self employed and drive cars (with foreign or no
licenses) and everything without them.  What good are they?

DCF

"Note to commentators about little Jessica's tragic crash.  It *is* legal
for 7 year olds to drive cars as long as they don't do so on the public
streets and highways."