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| Subject: Sick cunt proposes 'human barcode' -- Debate heats up over chips in people... Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:36 am | |
| Would you barcode your baby?
Microchip implants have become standard practice for our pets, but have been a tougher sell when it comes to the idea of putting them in people.
It's back to Auschwitz, for all of us... it's 666... well, you know...
Science fiction author Elizabeth Moon last week rekindled the debate on whether it's a good idea to "barcode" infants at birth in an interview on a BBC radio program.
“I would insist on every individual having a unique ID permanently attached — a barcode if you will — an implanted chip to provide an easy, fast inexpensive way to identify individuals,” she said on The Forum, a weekly show that features "a global thinking" discussing a "radical, inspiring or controversial idea" for 60 seconds .
Moon believes the tools most commonly used for surveillance and identification — like video cameras and DNA testing — are slow, costly and often ineffective.
In her opinion, human barcoding would save a lot of time and money.
The proposal isn’t too far-fetched - it is already technically possible to "barcode" a human - but does it violate our rights to privacy?
Opponents argue that giving up anonymity would cultivate an “Orwellian” society where all citizens can be tracked.
“To have a record of everywhere you go and everything you do would be a frightening thing,” Stanley, senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Daily News.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/human-barcode-society-organized-invades-privacy-civil-liberties-article-1.1088129 |
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| Subject: Re: Sick cunt proposes 'human barcode' -- Debate heats up over chips in people... Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:07 am | |
| Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. -- Ayn Rand |
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| Subject: Re: Sick cunt proposes 'human barcode' -- Debate heats up over chips in people... Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:01 am | |
| I'll just borrow that, if you don't mind... for the new kid... |
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