by Carel Two-Eagle

Created on: January 11, 2008   Last Updated: March 19, 2008

The current buzz used as 'reason' for requiring photo ID in order to vote is tied - lock, stock & cookie cutter - to "preventing fraud" and/or "preventing terrorist influence". Both excuses are flatly insulting at best, and just plain ridiculous at worst.

(A) The "preventing fraud" argument assumes from the get-go that 'everyone' commits fraud, or will, given the least chance. Now THERE'S a sad commentary on the majority culture.. This argument assumes there is no such thing as honor or respect anymore, for anything, apparently. I don't buy that.

"Everyone" is most definitely NOT represented by the scum we read so much about in the headlines of late. I speak of those who should be role models, but who instead show up as object lessons.. doped-up sports figures, lying and/or thieving CEO's of corporations, televangelists & other majority-culture 'religious' figures, and so on.

I've never been a sports figure of any note, but I am the CEO of both a for-profit and of a non-profit corporation, and I am positive that the jerks paraded before us via headlines & other media are NOT representative of most CEO's. That isn't 'denial', that's a lifetime of experience talking.

As for the majority-culture religious figures who have dragged their sorry selves through all manner of muck in recent years.. there's no such thing as "all" of any group being only one way, so they aren't representative of religious figures, either. There never has been & there never will be; despite efforts to try to fit everyone into one category by this ridiculous photo ID law. "All" religious figures are not saints, NOR are they all fakes. Experience has taught me that the majority are devout and just plain humans.

(B) The "preventing terrorist influence" argument is so ridiculous & full of holes it shouldn't merit any discussion. Since so many others have commented on it, though, it appears another voice needs to be heard on the matter.

My argument on this premise is, if a picture of a person will prevent "terrorist influence" in voting, then why have votes been bought & sold in the majority culture before it came to this Turtle Island? There are pictures of Presidents involved, here, but if 'a picture' is all that's needed to prevent terrorist influence...

OH! Do I hear cries of outraged denial here? Again, quoting from my very full files of life experiences.. when I was a college student, working my way through university, my uncle - who was the local sheriff - came to my door one night with a

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