"James Robinson" wrote in message
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Quantum Foam Guy wrote:

Oelewapper wrote:

Dear allies, welcome to the age of digital fascism... :

This is not "fascism", unless you're one of those morons who thinks
dealing
with the DMV and getting fingerprinted for a driver's license is
"fascism".

I do consider it fascism. I also have never had my fingerprints taken
for a driver's license in the US.

Do you consider Jerry Brown to be a fascist? California started DL
fingerprinting in 1977 and it became mandatory in 1982. How about Bill
Clinton? Is he a fascist? Mr. Clinton signed the Immigration Reform Act of
1996 which encourages states to collect fingerprints when issuing drivers
licenses. Besides California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Texas, and West
Virginia all collect fingerprints. There may be others considering the list
I just read is a few years old. Almost all states require your Social
Security number (which is what I find most objectionable since it it's not
meant to be a national ID number) and digital photo for their databases
before you can get a DL. Almost all drivers licenses now are machine
readable with information stored on a magnetic strip. Considering everything
else they have been collecting about you for decades, a fingerprint is
hardly evidence of "fascism".

I just remembered that when my kids were born the hospital took hand prints
and foot prints for the birth certificate that was filed with the county. Is
that fascism in your mind?