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Cyber Wolf · 09-07-2004, 02:02 PM

I'd figure identity theft could potentially put someone in a situation similar to the one Mari was in. ID theft can financially ruin somebody then when they try to get help, it'd be extremely difficult and time-consuming to prove they really are who they are. And since the only 'reliable' methods of identification are those of government-issued licenses and certificates, if the government doesn't believe or denies you are who you say you are, no one else will believe either, banks, lending companies, social services, your employer... At that point, who are you anymore? You're just a body taking up space, breathing the air and eating the food of the Properly Documented Citizens.

09-07-2004, 02:02 PM	#15
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	I'd figure identity theft could potentially put someone in a situation similar to the one Mari was in. ID theft can financially ruin somebody then when they try to get help, it'd be extremely difficult and time-consuming to prove they really are who they are. And since the only 'reliable' methods of identification are those of government-issued licenses and certificates, if the government doesn't believe or denies you are who you say you are, no one else will believe either, banks, lending companies, social services, your employer... At that point, who are you anymore? You're just a body taking up space, breathing the air and eating the food of the Properly Documented Citizens. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens