Actually, come to think of it, the notion of uncoupling driver's license from approved identification papers is probably a healthy one. I remember as young lad how alien and bizarre the stories from Europe and Russia were of people being stopped and asked for their papers. It never occurred to me the time would come when it would be the rule in the US as well. Back then, the spirit of freedom was much less polluted in the land, and a human being was deemed innocent unless proven guilty--well, at least a white male human being in a small New England town.

It would be an honorable and fine thing to be able to return to such a state of innocence, but it is an unrealistic proposition.


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