Old people, WW2 ?
Discussion
I was just musing. Do you think they fought for I/d cards, photo driving licences, DNA databases, speed cameras and all the control this government wants to impose upon us? I'm sure that back in 1945 they'd have been against all this s
t.
What do they think about it now and how can we find out? There are a lot of them so soon they'll have the vote.
t.What do they think about it now and how can we find out? There are a lot of them so soon they'll have the vote.
a lot of old people i know, would be for DNA records, photo id ect ect
you could take it the other way and say they thought for justice/freedom, and this helps enforce it by ensuring that we catch up with the people who jeopardise what they thought for as soon as possible
my personal view is, DNA is just a unique identifier, surely if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about
the same applies for ID cards, if you have nothing to hide, what are you worrying about???
you could take it the other way and say they thought for justice/freedom, and this helps enforce it by ensuring that we catch up with the people who jeopardise what they thought for as soon as possible
my personal view is, DNA is just a unique identifier, surely if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about
the same applies for ID cards, if you have nothing to hide, what are you worrying about???
Way I see it and have been told. People of WW2 fought for their freedom (and ours) and those at home pulled together to help those fighting for their freedom.
My Father and Grandfather were coal merchants during the war. Lived at the front gates of the Belfast shipyard. I always remember my dad telling me how they had to give up their lorry (gladly) to the war effort and getting a horse and cart in return, whilst those older than him marched off to war, many didn't return. Also the women who went nightly to man the anti aircraft guns and search lights to protect the city whilst their young took shelter in flimsy air raid shelters.
Today my father and those friends of his still alive who fought in the war fear DNA, ID Cards etc because they don't understand modern technology and how that might be used against them and why can't the money used for all this crap not be used to give them a decent pension and level of health care. He fears Id cards could be forced to get people to comply when they should be willing to help/comply.
They fought for their freedom and now believe they live in a police state. My dads exact worlds was "what the fk had gone wrong with this country. I don't want people to know who I am I just want to be left alone". If a pensioner is frightened to answer the door to the meter reader how do you think they feel about identity theft and the way this gov "look after" our details.
Next they will be culling old people and using DNA records to prove who they are and their age.
My Father and Grandfather were coal merchants during the war. Lived at the front gates of the Belfast shipyard. I always remember my dad telling me how they had to give up their lorry (gladly) to the war effort and getting a horse and cart in return, whilst those older than him marched off to war, many didn't return. Also the women who went nightly to man the anti aircraft guns and search lights to protect the city whilst their young took shelter in flimsy air raid shelters.
Today my father and those friends of his still alive who fought in the war fear DNA, ID Cards etc because they don't understand modern technology and how that might be used against them and why can't the money used for all this crap not be used to give them a decent pension and level of health care. He fears Id cards could be forced to get people to comply when they should be willing to help/comply.
They fought for their freedom and now believe they live in a police state. My dads exact worlds was "what the f
k had gone wrong with this country. I don't want people to know who I am I just want to be left alone". If a pensioner is frightened to answer the door to the meter reader how do you think they feel about identity theft and the way this gov "look after" our details. Next they will be culling old people and using DNA records to prove who they are and their age.
Edited by V8A*ndy on Friday 5th December 01:01
A while back I watched an interview with a 110 year old WW1 veteran.
They asked him about the modern world and his thoughts. He said he lives in a confusing time. Imagine growing up in the 1900's and then compare those times to now.
He said that he remembers WW1 like it was yesterday; even though he forgets his friends names he remembers their faces and remembers them being killed along with the sounds and smells of war.
The thing he finds hardest to cope with and understand is that the things he did and fought for and watched his friends die for count for nothing in the modern world and are so long ago that nobody cares any more.
They asked him about the modern world and his thoughts. He said he lives in a confusing time. Imagine growing up in the 1900's and then compare those times to now.
He said that he remembers WW1 like it was yesterday; even though he forgets his friends names he remembers their faces and remembers them being killed along with the sounds and smells of war.
The thing he finds hardest to cope with and understand is that the things he did and fought for and watched his friends die for count for nothing in the modern world and are so long ago that nobody cares any more.
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