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| 2004-07-11 |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #7 (I realize this is from yesterday, but I was waiting for the Revelation mention...) CrazyFool - I think the Revelation mention of the mark of the Beast being on the forehead/wrist is a reference back to the Old Testament pronouncement to keep the word of G-d on your forehead/wrist. In other words, the people who keep the mark of the Beast on their head/wrist are people who utterly disregard the word of G-d. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-07-12 9:41:15 AM |
| #6 Hmm... I'm not that up on my book of Reveations... But isn't there a mention of something like this? The mark of the beast on your hand or forehead or something? Just think what the Hildabeast of Healthcare (Hillary) reform would make of this..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-11 10:25:07 PM |
| #5 I'll just keep my dog with me at all times. She's already chipped. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-07-11 10:14:24 PM |
| #4 Blunket will love it. |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-07-11 9:32:45 PM |
| #3 An implanted RFID chip would allow yourself to be tracked, every time you walk by a scanner, somebody would have a record of you. Thats just too invasive for me. |
| Posted by: RussSchultz 2004-07-11 9:19:56 PM |
| #2 Voluntary chips for people with special medical needs could be very useful. Chips in very young children could also ve very useful with kidnappings and lost kids. A dictatorship-type government could get the same info from DNA or facial matching or a dozen other ways. Yes the chip would be quicker, in theory, but technology will speed up the other methods a lot quicker than you could convince a population to adapt such draconic measures. Do not let the potential draconian aspects distract you from the potential good. That's like denying everyone home pc's because the government could possible trace email and wire transfers. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-07-11 6:17:22 PM |
| #1 Not only have the RFID and Verichip people come out with a (leaked) memo on how to fool the public into accepting their monstrosities, but they have a regular programme for getting people to like them. Start by forcibly implanting criminals. Everybody hates criminals and most people are actively sadistic about their treatment (see Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, AZ). Then "nicen up" by touting its "medical value". Then pitch to the government to require the implanting of long-term foreign visitors with student or work visas. Anyway, if you really want to see a truly EVIL corporation, one that seems to exist solely to dehumanize and debase people, it's Applied Digital Solutions (maker of Verichip.) It's like they wake up each morning and say to themselves, "How can we hurt people today? Really make them cry and hate their lives? Make them feel like slaves?" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-07-11 11:27:06 AM |