Why is there so much a-do about the biometric screening of arriving foreigners at Japanese ports of entry (which begins this week). I see no problems with fingerprinting. Good people have nothing to fear about having their fingerprints stored by the United States, Japanese or any other good government. If these governments become bad, we change them or overthrow them. But if they need our cooperation to protect us from being harmed, then why do we protest?
Our world has reached the point where every individual must sacrifice some freedoms and rights as a safeguard against modern dangers. This is a form of general transparency for the sake of general security.
In fact, a general ID card should be issued for each individual born into this world so that he or she can be both protected and controlled. Nobody has the right to kill innocent people, whether in the name of God or for any other reason.
But in this "age of the assassin," governments all over the world must come up with good measures to quickly identify and stop terrorists. One of the most effective measures is fingerprinting. All of us must cooperate for our common safety and security.
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