1. ID cards are not 100% 'secure'. They are open to fraud
Biometrics cannot be faked, but the data they link to can be. A fingerprint has to be linked to a name, address, DoB, etc.
What can be made by man can be faked by man.
2. The government's primary function is to protect our freedom, not security
It is often said the prime function of government is security. This has evolved out of the prime function being defence. Neither is accurate, although the latter is mis-quoted.
The 'right' to defence/security is not an exclusive objective which justifies the tramplig of other freedoms. Freedoms are not contradictory, they are complimentary; they lean against each other in mutual support. Erode just one or two and the system breaks down.
3. Broad powers provided by terror laws make police lazy
Terror laws provide wide ranging and ambiguous powers. Police will start using the powers other than for the purpose intended since it is an eays option. Why bother working hard to produce evidence when you can collar somebody under an ambiguous power?
Just think of Walter Wolfgang, or the lady falling fowl of the law at the senitaph. Or the driver caught because he had a dirty number plate which could obscure identty from security cameras. These are abuses of terror powers. What is the advantage in surrendering freedoms?
In the end what are we trying to protect ourselves from? We have no need to protect our freedom from terrorists when we hand it away to our own government!
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