|
Friday: Overcast with showers everywhere. Max 13º. Similar at the weekend |
||||
| Home | | | News | | | Dictionary | | | Features | | | International | | | Expats | | | RSS | | | Newsletter |
|
|||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
 |
Security number tattoo call is 'tasteless'Tuesday 24 November 2009 A number of people living in Amsterdam, the Hague and Leiden have been delivered official-looking leaflets calling on them to have their official BSN number tattooed on their arms as part of an experiment to improve national security. The leaflets say the tattoos are a 'trial in advance of potential new legislation' and refer readers to their local authority for further information. Only Dutch citizens with the new biometric passports are eligible for the free tattoo, the leaflet says. A spokesman for the home affairs ministry described the leaflets as tasteless. The tattoo call is reminiscent of the concentration camp numbers tattooed on the arms of Jews during World War II. According to Trouw, the leaflets appear to have been produced by a pro-privacy group. © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox: Click here to subscribe
This is so rediculous!!!!!!!!!! We are human beings , not a product on a production line, how on earth can people even think about doing that?????????????????? Sick, so sick......feel sad about them...... By NVWA | November 24, 2009 3:45 PM well this is the way our politics is heading, in the UK its bad, 20% of the worlds CCTV cams are watching 1% of the worlds population, welcome to Britain lol, also well said Robert, where has the tolerance gone, this is what happens when religion and politics mix By adhd | November 24, 2009 4:06 PM I hope this stunt works to raise awareness of how important personal privacy is, and how much it is being eroded by new legislation (especially anti-terror laws) By Chris | November 24, 2009 4:22 PM Security, pull my other leg, it has bells on it! We will NOT be forced to wear tattoos, or have compulsory flu vaccinations containing HARMFUL poisons!!! I find this article most disturbing and an insult to our intelligence! There should be many more comments here!
By stevie | November 24, 2009 10:59 PM Who is this pro-privacy group? Why don't they name it? It must be the dutch goverenment. By W | November 25, 2009 8:36 AM hahah. thats a most funny thing i have read in many years. Well, lets change names to numbers! I will be no longer Peter, let me be... R2D2 ;-) another stupid idea, I did not came to this country to listen this kind of BS By Peter | November 25, 2009 9:01 AM "According to Trouw, the leaflets appear to have been produced by a pro-privacy group." READ people. This was a publicity stunt illustrating the possible worse-case scenario of government invasion of privacy, not a potential government policy. By CW | November 25, 2009 9:02 AM Have any of you read this article? It was a stunt to raise awarenesss. You are very, very silly and need sharp but tender slaps to your fat faces. By MJB | November 25, 2009 10:11 AM yeah c'mon people, it's a JOKE, a prank. By MAW | November 25, 2009 10:34 AM This might be a joke but the real thing is coming, First finger print in passports, ID cards then micro chip implant. Check it out yourself. you can call yourself 'sheeple' real soon. By zen | November 25, 2009 3:54 PM In other news, reading comprehension seems to have gone down. A pro-privacy group _supports_ the right to privacy. I think it's a nice stunt, but I wonder how many people actually complained to their gemeente about the "new legislation". By Ronald | November 25, 2009 4:24 PM Place your comments: |
|
| Advertising | | | Business services | | | Mobile | | | Tell a Friend | | | Donate | | | Contact | | | About us |
|
||||||
What has happened to your once tolerant and fair society? The dark side has reared it's ugly head and has taken the Netherlands to the Netherworld.
By Robert | November 24, 2009 3:15 PM