Re: Gun Registry

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From: Dr. Fred Mbogo
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:45

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hawley@attglobal.net (Glenn Hawley) wrote in
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> On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 05:42:40 GMT, "Dr. Fred Mbogo" <fred-mbogo@shaw.ca>
> wrote: 
> 
>>I'd rather put up with the occasional unsolved crime than accept such
>>a gross invasion of privacy. My identity belongs to ME and nobody else.
> 
> Until somebody starts pretending to be you, and you would have no way of
> proving that you really are whom you say you are. A database protects
> you as much as anything.

I don't understand what you mean. When something like this is required 
to prove identity, it's a sign that there is something very, very wrong 
with the way things are run. 

What if someone screws up or deliberately alters the database to say 
I'm not me? See the movie "Brazil" for the answer.

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Subject: Re: Gun Registry
From: "Dr. Fred Mbogo" <fred-mbogo@shaw.ca>
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