Comments on: action: (I)D-day, 8th July http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/action-id-day-8th-july/ European Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mpowell http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/action-id-day-8th-july/comment-page-1/#comment-25847 mpowell Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:23:29 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5891#comment-25847 It is interesting to compare the US to the EU on this issue. We don't have the ID requirements (and they are much less likely, I think), but there is the police brutality... It is interesting to compare the US to the EU on this issue. We don’t have the ID requirements (and they are much less likely, I think), but there is the police brutality…

]]> By: Jussi Jalonen http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/action-id-day-8th-july/comment-page-1/#comment-25829 Jussi Jalonen Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:06:00 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5891#comment-25829 Welcome to the fold. National fingerprint registry and fingerprinted passports became standard practice in this country just recently. (... with the exception that at least the data cannot be passed to anyone. Not even to the Finnish Police, except for the identification of a deceased person. Still, it's the first point on a slippery slope.) Guess which party supported the record most wholeheartedly? The Greens, of course. The newspaper comments were an interesting example of reverse psychology: "At long last, it's finally possible to get new fingerprinted passports!" See, apparently it's such a_great_ thing! Sort of like saying: "At long last, it's finally possible to have your ID number branded on your chest!" Cheers, J. J. Welcome to the fold. National fingerprint registry and fingerprinted passports became standard practice in this country just recently.

(… with the exception that at least the data cannot be passed to anyone. Not even to the Finnish Police, except for the identification of a deceased person. Still, it’s the first point on a slippery slope.)

Guess which party supported the record most wholeheartedly? The Greens, of course.

The newspaper comments were an interesting example of reverse psychology: “At long last, it’s finally possible to get new fingerprinted passports!” See, apparently it’s such a_great_ thing! Sort of like saying: “At long last, it’s finally possible to have your ID number branded on your chest!”

Cheers,

J. J.

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