ID cards compulsory

This is with regards to id cards being compulsory for all in Delhi.

I believe this is the MOST idiotic of guidelines till date. On one hand the governement has failed to ensure that everyone has id cards. Now this is rubbing salt on the wounds. This has more chances of being used than abused.

Isn't this similiar to arms act. Something that Gandhi said draconian. Every criminal has weapons. Good people don't have; and are killed by bad people. Now can a beggar on the street have an id card. This is giving the police an option to extort hafta from him as and when required. A criminal on the other card can have 'n' number of if cards as per requirements. Sounds idiotic.

But perhaps the whole security thing is. I remember an incident at Newark during high security alert. Here was I screened head to toe at the screening. Made to take off my shoes, socks and all. Checked for 10 minutes. Then when I was boarding Air India they started another screening. With ill functioning body scanners that can't detect a thing. Just make tee tee chee chee sound. I understood there efficiency when I was able to touch Bajpeyee's feet and realised later that I had a french army knife in pocket. Look at the security in any temple in India. It is more hoopla that real delivery. More style than substance.

I think we need to take a more pragmatic approach at security. And stop these FUNNY rules in names of security.