The Case Against ID Cards: A Principled Approach
If ID cards become mandatory we will lose much of our remaining liberty. Only law-abiding citizens lose out.
Category Archives: Policing
Against Arbitrary Application of the Law
Since resources can’t possibly pull up everyone, but still might pull up anyone, the ‘rules’ can be tantamount to a mechanism for arbitrary arrest.
Against More Top Down Policing
The problem with simply increasing police numbers is that it assumes a purely state-down approach, disconnects police function from their source of authority (the individual), and can become easily politicised and directed away from the real job of tackling actual rights violations such as violent crime and theft.