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If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
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the Red Queen's Race...
I Think I'll Skip The Chips
By Janet Evans
Friday, Jun 6 2008, 06:52 AM
There are workplaces out there that want employees to get microchips implanted in their bodies. Some states, Wisconsin included, have passed laws stating employees can’t be forced to have chips implanted. There are other states that have yet to do so.
“This year at least 17 states have considered bills regulating or restricting radio frequency identification, or RFID, according the National Conference of State Legislatures. Last year, there were 13.”
If your employer wanted you to get a chip, would you consider it? The chips are about the size of a grain of rice, enclosed in a glass capsule. There are many reasons why companies want employees to be implanted with chips. One reason is for high security clearance.
One reason for concern is the cancer risk. Then there is this….
Irwin Baxter Jr., who runs Texas-based Endtime Ministries, said his primary concern is the overlap between a traceable implant and biblical descriptions of a “666” mark required to buy and sell goods.
Baxter said that after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Americans tolerated greater privacy intrusions in the interest of security. He predicts even more acceptance for less liberty and greater pressure for using microchips after a war of biblical proportions that kills much of the world’s population.
“A day after 2 billion die, there will be an absolute call for absolute security,” he said. “Part of that will be a foolproof means of identification, and once the demand for a foolproof means of identification comes, then the logical step is the RFID chip under the skin.”
Read the story in the Daily Journal Online ç here
“A day after 2 billion die”
I don’t think microchips are going to be helping us with that.
We’ve been doing pretty well so far after 9-11.
Let’s hope we continue to make the right choices in fighting terrorism.
