List Of Countries W/ Compulsory Identification Cards

[KittyWampus]

This is sort of related to AZ today. I looked for this info just for the sake of curiosity, not to prove any point. Maybe some other DU'ers might be interested.

From Wiki so I won't swear it's complete or accurate.

Albania
Argentina
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
People's Republic of China
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Colombia
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Egypt
Estonia
Germany
Greece:
Hong Kong
Hungary
Israel
Jordan
Kenya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malta
Morocco
Montenegro
Mozambique
Netherlands
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
Venezuela
Vietnam

[LetsgoWings13]

1. the U.S. will never get to anything like that.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. We ARE like that.

How many times have you had to show your driver's license or SS # for something, like opening a bank account, getting a library card, getting insurance, buying a house????
Despite the fact that the SS card was never meant to be used as an id card, people try all the time to get you to use it as one.
Then came the "extra" ID you need to fly.
then came the law that said the police could take DNA samples from you if they arrested you, even if they later let you go with no charges.
Mandatory fingerprints for jobs came along, too.
Now you need a mandatory passport to drive across the Canadian border, something we used to do all the time with no showing of any id, back in the 60's, 70's when I lived close to the border.

And now, your credit report will determine if you can rent an apt or house and if you can get a job.

We are being divided into "good Germans" and "the others".

[Libertas1776]

2. Show me your papers, macht schnell!!!

I'm sorry but that's what i think of when i think of national identity cards. And we all know that cops in Arizona aren't gonna be checking the i.d.s of white people. Nope, only "brown" people, and if they get detained and happen to be US citizens, well that's their fault for being "brown.":sarcasm:

[Confusious]

5. Sorry, I have to show ID every time a cop stops me.

I live in AZ.

On Edit: no matter for what. Got stopped for a bad taillight. Had to show ID.

Oh, lived in Alaska for 20 years. Had to show ID every time a cop stopped me there too.

I get stopped a lot. I have a lead foot.

[Dramarama]

7. If you leave your ID at home are you detained?

[Confusious]

8. No, they can call and check my status

I did leave home without it, I was still asked for my name, address, DOB and SS number.

If they have that, there's no reason to be detained, unless they are illegal.

If I hadn't given that info, I would have expected to be "detained"

BTW, that wasn't only Arizona, that was Alaska too.

[Cleita]

3. Since this is so acceptable to you,

why don't you go to one of them?

[Luminous Animal]

6. So, are you fer or are you agin?