Re: Big Brother One Step Closer?

On Wednesday 14 May 2003 12:49 am, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> > >   "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and
> > > slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that
> > > no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of
> > > the beast or the number of his name."
> >
> > Well that is definitely the "next step":  the wireless-writaeble,
> > GPS-enabled, ATM-card, body / mood / thought? monitor chip, the
> > commercial cutting edge of which is being developed by IBM's friend
> > Applied Digital Solutions:
>
>   I don't doubt it, and frankly it scares me greatly. I personally can't
> figure out why companies would want to create such awful technology, but
> they are. I blogged about it after you posted that article, actually.
>
>   I can tell you one thing: if it ever becomes necessary to accept such a
> chip to buy and sell, I would much rather die than receive it. It is a
> terrifying prospect that I expect will happen someday, and once we see it
> clearly coming it will be too late to stop.

like now, for example?

-- 
dan

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