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Who wouldn't want to be tagged and monitored like livestock?
This has got to be a joke piece. I can imagine prisoners being to forced to wear these things (since their rights have been curtailed); but who would want to give authorities that kind of power over them? This technology gives me the shivers.
Posted by: P. Douglas   Posted on: 07/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Who wouldn't want to be tagged and monitored like livestock?  P. Douglas | 07/27/04
Said it before and I say it again...  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/04
no one wants too  V Sanders | 07/28/04
So you hope  sschoemann | 07/29/04
What is wrong with a good old name tag?  enternamehere-20061413043042855708329691381958 | 07/27/04
kidnappers mutilating people  nograin | 07/27/04
Even worse...  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Don't mistake me for a zealot, but:  Judas I. | 07/27/04
Time of the End!  TITUS213 | 07/27/04
A favorite philosopher of mine Bugs Bunny..PHD once said.  Laff | 07/28/04
They became  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
Just as long as the Republicans I use to respect still exist:)  Laff | 07/28/04
They learned a new slogan, "Show me the MONEY".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/04
Why no outcry?  AbsolutelyNot | 07/28/04
Paranoia  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Why Would There Be Outrage?  Scoid_z | 07/29/04
What world do you live on?  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Right now at this moment in time the Republicans  Laff | 07/30/04
Finally some common sense  SlamminSammy | 08/03/04
Yada..yada..yada..blah, blah, blah.  Laff | 07/28/04
This has happened before  voska | 07/28/04
Odd that Rome turned Christian and brought the love  Laff | 07/28/04
And so it is perpetuated  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
There should be some sort of FDA warning label:)  Laff | 07/28/04
I cant help it....  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Funny..but still I can't help but wonder.  Laff | 07/30/04
Organized religion is way of controlling the masses  voska | 07/28/04
Rome  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Regardless of how you spin it..Rome was a Christian  Laff | 07/30/04
Nope, Your History's Wrong Again  SlamminSammy | 08/03/04
Nope  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/04
I am against this for many reason..Not one of them  Laff | 07/28/04
It doesn't  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
well kinda  nograin | 07/28/04
I fInd it interesting that after WWII we gave  Laff | 07/29/04
Don't mistake me for a zealot, but:  kenneth@... | 07/29/04
Hmmm  sschoemann | 07/29/04
chip  ladybug59 | 07/29/04
I don't pray or trust in God....I FIGHT!  Laff | 07/29/04
Mark of the Beast  sschoemann | 07/29/04
I agree..Patriot Act anyone...Patriot Act II....hmmmm/  Laff | 07/30/04
Not Very Long  SlamminSammy | 08/03/04
Not mistaking you...  casilll | 10/26/05
They'll implant a biochip in me....  wkulecz | 07/27/04
unreal  nograin | 07/27/04
Recommendations  AbsolutelyNot | 07/27/04
Saw it off a bit to get a wider spread, Only use  Laff | 07/28/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
Can we get those rounds, and IF the military is  Laff | 07/28/04
So am I  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/04
RE: what to buy  wkulecz | 07/28/04
Don't forget it was the Republican Controled Congress  Laff | 07/28/04
You're all wrong!  wkulecz | 07/28/04
I'm not sure I'm getting your point.  Laff | 07/28/04
Still I'm not ALL wrong, for my basic statement  Laff | 07/28/04
don't Clinton bash here  nograin | 07/28/04
I tend to doubt they'll bother after that..but still  Laff | 07/28/04
Agreed  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Guts and Guns ....yes..God can't shoot!  Laff | 07/30/04
well say goodbye to freedom  nograin | 07/27/04
I'm not a religious nut, but...  Uncoveror | 07/27/04
Moo......  parksmike@... | 07/27/04
It's fear used against the SHEEP..No job if no chip  Laff | 07/28/04
RE: No job..no health care ....  wkulecz | 07/28/04
Those in power...  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Think about it...  MeadMkr | 07/28/04
If you are a blown up fireman, pliceman, solder...  Laff | 07/28/04
Spoken Like a True Sheep  coffeenite | 07/28/04
Personally I don't need my body  voska | 07/28/04
Sorry bzzzt wrong.  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
Still a dumb idea  nograin | 07/28/04
POTENTALLY  sschoemann | 07/29/04
WELCOME TO THE MATRIX  Protector | 07/28/04
PSSST!!!  sschoemann | 07/29/04
A great business IDEA!  Laff | 07/28/04
And if I say NO??  itanalyst | 07/28/04
It happens in STEP's....  Laff | 07/28/04
Not mandatory  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Placement  GEM_z | 07/28/04
What if they are giving you a Flu shot  Laff | 07/28/04
Another way for lawyers to get rich.  Debunker | 07/28/04
You'd think with all the money spent on Health Care  Laff | 07/28/04
Another way for lawyers to get rich...  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Chips will be MANDATORY when martial law is declared  itanalyst | 07/28/04
I'll take the tattoo  MacKeyser | 07/29/04
I always wanted an upside down one on my forehead  Laff | 07/29/04
More than that. . .  boomslang_z | 07/29/04
Jewish tattooing  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Are these tags EMP-proof?  itanalyst | 07/28/04
WRONG  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Calm down, this is for your own good.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/04
The excuse is worse that "it's for your own good"  Laff | 07/28/04
Actually, in this case  AbsolutelyNot | 07/28/04
Sorry, but I could not disagree more strongly.  Laff | 07/28/04
That's cool, Rev jim  MacKeyser | 07/29/04
You missed the "Age of consent" part of my previos post  Laff | 07/29/04
Immature  sschoemann | 07/29/04
sigh.."IF" I am in an accident that I am thrown  Laff | 07/30/04
Seatbelts  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Which is why I am against this latest version of said.  Laff | 07/30/04
Quite the opposite actually  voska | 07/28/04
unreal  sschoemann | 07/29/04
We are here from the government, we are here to help!  B.O.F.H. | 07/28/04
Unless this is the age of "cyberpunk"  FilledOut | 07/28/04
Like the spam I get  MacKeyser | 07/29/04
Who didn't see this 'Human Tagging' coming?  BitTwiddler | 07/28/04
What if you don't have fatty tissue below your tricep?  techboy_z | 07/28/04
fatty tissue  SC-man | 07/28/04
I don't think your compfort is going to be a major issue for them:)  Laff | 07/28/04
Human anatomy  sschoemann | 07/29/04
Not quite right  mcunningham | 07/28/04
The Mark of The Beast  MartyLey | 07/28/04
Really?  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/04
I doubt it, but it's still unethical IMHO  CobraA1 | 07/28/04
end of world scares  sschoemann | 07/29/04
And know one will know the time. Or something to  Laff | 07/30/04
You mean GW Bush is the BEAST!?!  Laff | 07/29/04
don't be ignorant!  kimy_z | 08/20/04
Put it in some jewlery, but not under my skin  CobraA1 | 07/28/04
Uner-the-skin  ejmol | 07/28/04
The reality is far ahead fiction  cem95 | 07/28/04
Bad, Tech person, Bad  MacKeyser | 07/29/04
Now THAT was funny:) Oh and sorry about your  Laff | 07/29/04
BORG me UP!  myers18111@... | 07/29/04
Are you out of your flockin mind!?!  Laff | 07/29/04
So is your  Linux User 147560 | 07/29/04
Negative  richlee1 | 07/29/04
the mark of the beast  motorman18301 | 07/29/04
So are YOU saying GW Bush and company are  Laff | 07/29/04
To your bull I say this...  sschoemann | 07/29/04
That is easier said than done....  Laff | 07/30/04
I think I've got it!!!  Laff | 07/30/04
Star Trek or America??  cbeebe | 07/29/04
Please, please tell me that if we are going to  Laff | 07/29/04
Absolutely not for me  doctormoriarty | 07/29/04
Mark of the beast  sschoemann | 07/29/04
GPS at 12 inches?  deepee912 | 07/29/04
Maybe 12" is only what they tell us is the capability.  Laff | 07/29/04
No...RFID at 12 inches...  6T9ura$$0ff | 07/29/04
RFID Tags  bwringel@... | 07/29/04
Should not be allowed by the people  raquela | 07/29/04
Big Brother ... here I am.  6T9ura$$0ff | 07/29/04
more corporate bull  L. Webber | 07/31/04
yeah, they are tracking us now  L. Webber | 07/31/04
beast mark  L. Webber | 07/31/04
endemic paranoia  mahlon | 08/26/04
Try this little experiment  jim_knowles | 10/14/04
Mark Of The Beast  Tobin_z | 10/14/04
give me two...  little ape | 03/19/06
ID tags  JamesMartin | 10/26/06
word of god?  dsfgd | 06/28/07
well  dsfgd | 06/28/07
 dsfgd | 06/28/07
yeah.. basically  dsfgd | 06/28/07
RE: Under-the-skin ID chips move toward U.S. hospitals  premed001 | 09/08/07

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