From January 1st 2005, we’re back to the German occupation here, as everybody 14 years or older is obliged to carry an ausweis, with the police allowed to ask for them everytime they feel like. (Alright, officially they can only do so if they need to “keep the public order”, but we all know that that can be anything.) This is not something I am planning to adhere to and I’m fortunately not the only one. However, if asked for papers and you cannot or will not show them it’ll cost ya fifty euros (with which we neatly discover the real reason for this new law: bugger security, it’s all about the do-re-mi.)
Fortunately, as Hiram of Ipse Dixit (in Dutch) discovered, us peons are at least allowed to asks police agents for their papers as well. So Hiram thought of a plan: “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours“. Every time we are asked for our papers, we should ask the agent as well. This way, it’ll cost all those jumped up little h–lers twice as much time, they’ll discover how obnoxious this law is first hand and those few who would abuse the new law for their own ends can be registrered…
No, I’m not sure the practise will match the theory, but it is worth a try…