[Gllug] NHS opt out - IBM and the Nazis

[Jason Clifford]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, David Damerell wrote:

> During WW2, the Nazis were easily able to identify Jews in the
> Netherlands thanks to... their national ID card.
> 
> There _is_ a point here; a perfectly reasonable government may bring
> in such a measure with the best of intentions, but it still may have
> dismal consequences later.

It's not only identifying the "jews" of which ever future age may give 
rise to such a nightmare. How about a future government that decides that 
those who do not have sufficiently healthy genetics will not be allowed 
reproduction licenses? Or that the children of such parents will not have 
access to education and health services?

Jason
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