An anonymous poster wrote:

A license could accomplish two things:

1. A bicycle rider would have to know the laws appicable to bicycles
in order to obtain the license.

2. The threat of license revocation would aid in law enforcement in
the same manner as with the automobile license.

That's true. And while we're at it, a law requiring that every citizen
have his/her social security number tatooed onto his/her forehead would
also be a boon to law enforcement.

A universal dusk to dawn curfew enforced by martial law would greatly
reduce many sorts of crime.

However there are limits to what a free society is prepared to sacrifice ...

And by the way, what about the breathtakingly cynical hypocrisy of using
the name "Patriot Act" for a law that has NOTHING to do with patriotism?

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