Curfews. Identification scans.
Silver Spring sounds like fun!
What size hat do you wear?
you know what you can do with your tin foil hat, right?
Shove it up your ass?
I'd like to see you try!
scanning IDs is really strange. No one yet on this thread has named one music venue in the greater DC area other than the Fillmore that does this yet we are asked to believe this is just the ordinary way of doing business?.. I've been to similar Live Nation venues elsewhere- long established ones- and they don't do it either.
Also, no one yet seems to know what they are actually doing... thats strange... "let me just give you my ID to scan.. don't bother telling me why!"
The reason its of concern is not really because "they may just be checking to see the ID is valid" but because one doesn't even know what they are doing, what information if any they may be collecting on you, how they may use this info, and how they may extend the use of scanning your ids (in other words they may "start" with just checking to see if they are valid but where does it stop? We are talking about Live Nation Ticketmaster here.. .not exactly "America's friendliest corporation.."
I can't believe people are so cavalier about this.. its one thing when governments cow people into giving up their rights but a private business one is keeping in business?
Its outrageous and there is nothing tin foil-y about feeling that way.