On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:52:25 -0700, Wes Stewart wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:46:13 +0100, "Gerard Lynch"
wrote:


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Guns aren't an issue here. We're not allowed to have them. Nobody much (as
in about 90% of the population) cares. We care about things you folks have
never even heard about instead (fancy an ID card?)

Over here in 'Merica they're called "Social Security Cards." Every
newborn baby is required to have one.

And they say something like "not to be used for identification" right on
the cards. The way things are going, we will probably all need to carry
passports before long.