This funny movie was found on the ACLU's website. It's an obvious piece of rhetoric aimed at protecting the personal privacy and freedoms allegedly provided to Americans in the Constitution. Humor and exaggeration are utilized to show just how far the concept of a "national id number" could take things in the future. The extreme to which this video takes this idea effectively emphasizes the author's point that the ease with which a national id number might allow the government keep track of citizens is not worth what would be given up in the way of personal freedom and privacy, in addition to the threat of identity issues (i.e., theft, etc.) that could result.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Pizza Tracking
This funny movie was found on the ACLU's website. It's an obvious piece of rhetoric aimed at protecting the personal privacy and freedoms allegedly provided to Americans in the Constitution. Humor and exaggeration are utilized to show just how far the concept of a "national id number" could take things in the future. The extreme to which this video takes this idea effectively emphasizes the author's point that the ease with which a national id number might allow the government keep track of citizens is not worth what would be given up in the way of personal freedom and privacy, in addition to the threat of identity issues (i.e., theft, etc.) that could result.
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