Debate: ID Cards, good or bad?

[adm]

Debate Topic:
ID Cards, good or bad?

Background:
This was publicised a while back now that the government were to bring in identity cards to try and stamp down on illegal immigration.

Your View?

[Mentor]

Bad, Very Bad.
Whats more that actualy exspect people to put out £300 or so of there own cash to buy one?
I dont really see how limiting our freedom further and haveing the goverment know exsactly where you are and what your doing every second of the day is particaly benifical for anyone. The only people who will be able to get past it, as normal will be the criminals.

Just like with DVD/DCD piracy. The people who pay for the DVD/CDs get em legaly etc, thanks to all the new DRM, can do less and less with them, you pay more, get less.
The pirates on the other hand, can easly get rid of the protection, and have no problems. So the only effect of the anti piracy effort is to hurt the People that support it, and not effect the piracy in anyway, in fact often turn people towards it "/

[Ezzie.]

This is very bad to be honest, we're starting to turn into a numbered society (look at some prisons where they call them by number instead of name)- it's starting to turn out like that.