[TheForge] Criminal Background Check

[ries]

On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:

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	Someone will doubtlessly point out that they can get it if they want
it.  This is so, but why make it easy for them?  And giving it to them
probably constitutes tacit consent.  Deny them everything you can.


Assuming they already have, or can get, any info they want on me with  
a few keystrokes, I dont care about making it easier, or harder, for  
"THEM".

"THEY" can do whatever they want.

I am interesting in making it easier, and more convenient, for ME.

and for me, being able to take kids on field trips is something that  
actually happens in my life, while being falsely imprisoned based on  
mis-identified fingerprints has not happened to me, or anyone I know,  
or anyone I have heard of.
Theoretical possibilities are all well and good, but I got a life to  
live- and having a drivers license, a credit card, and the ability to  
navigate the modern world is worth time and money to me every day of  
my life.

If needed, I will take up arms (and make em in the shop, for that  
matter) against dictatorial governments, foreign invaders, or aliens  
in UFO's. But my best guess is, if any of that is needed, the  
electrical grid, and the associated electronic records, will be one of  
the first things to go.

I worry about the stuff in front of me NOW.



Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist
http://www.riesniemi.com/