Remember back a little bit when some doctor was saying that pubs should only serve two drinks to people or something? How we all laughed….of course, if this ever came in you’d just have a couple of rounds then move on to the next place.
Not so fast sunshine:
Clubbers and drinkers will be asked to register by providing proof
of ID and personal information including name, address, date of birth
and a photograph. They will then have the print of their right index
finger scanned on to a computer.
Each time a person enters premises in the scheme his or her
finger will be scanned, bringing up a list of personal details. In
return for participating, people will no longer have to produce means
of identification on entry to nightclubs.
Although a few venues elsewhere in Britain have introduced
fingerprint scanners, this is the first time they have been
“networked”. If someone is identified as a troublemaker his or her
details can be flashed to other licensed premises within seconds,
giving doormen warning to look out for them.
Now while this is aimed at "troublemakers" how long before someone is calling for this to be a national scheme to cut down on the dreadful problem of excessive alcohol consumption?
At which point we’ll all drink at home and then you’ll have to use your ID card to open the special alcohol containing fridge. With rations points for your trips to the supermarket no doubt.
Yes, that’s an excessive dystopia but don’t for a moment think that there isn’t someone out there plotting such or a doctor or two who can be found to support it.
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