An even more personal identification

The other day I was faced once again by that most vomit-inducing of questions, followed as always by the formidable all-American tick-box: 'Race?' Reliably, you'll be glad to know, I ticked the box "other" and wrote "HUMAN" between the brackets, much to the amusement, I'm told, of the secretaries who administer these things through. My other options included, 'Black/African-American', 'White', and 'Asian'. I mean, what? I don't feel as though I have to explain the sheer irrelevance and brutish inadequacy of such a distinction, if it may be called so, never mind the fact that this had nothing to do with a survey, medicinal reasons, identification, or otherwise, to my enlightened readership. It did act to remind me, however, of the speculative report issued regarding the possibility of introducing British ID cards, and whether they would carry the holder's religion. Whilst lending us the opportunity to proudly emblazon the word RADIOHEAD on every form of civilian identification, I can see some practical flaws. Apparently, in the proud old country of Greece every citizen ID card carries your religion, but the verdict seems to be a unanimous - Greek Orthodox - presumably because anyone outside this boundary isn't considered a citizen.