On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:03:43 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:46:09 -0500, John H. penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


|You and Chuck both seem to say nothing is necessary because it's not
|perfection. I disagree with that attitude. ID's can be developed that have
|much more than a picture imprinted thereon. But, those won't be perfect
|either.
|
|I disagree with the attitude that since perfection is unobtainable, we
|should do nothing.

No. What I am saying is that adding yet another piece of paper to
those already required will not enhance security any more than giving
illegal aliens a driver's license does.

We had a sufficient paper trail to have deported most, if not all, of
the perps from 9/11, but that did us no good. I already have a
passport.... what would a national id do that it won't?

A passport, or something similar, should be a requirement for everyone. I
like it.