[Dysart]

This has to be a schizophrenic's worst nightmare.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Obligatory "Mark of the Beast" post!

[combat_boots]

The mark of the Beast.

[Centurion2000]

In a decade or two, there will be a commonly available system with the ability to know who people are, where they are and what they've done," said John L. Peterson, a futurist and security expert with the Arlington Institute (Washington), and a former member of the National Security Council staff. "It's inevitable that something like this will happen. With terrorism, the external pressures are too great for it not to happen."

Civil War with Christians on one side to follow soon thereafter.

HELL NO will I get chipped. I'll wear a watch with one in it but not in the skin.

[Sockdologer]

But who is the beast?

[freeeee]

Terror-related issues will likely push the technology to the forefront more quickly than would otherwise happen, Peterson added. "If a nuclear weapon goes off in some major city, there will be extraordinary pressure to figure out ways to keep it from happening again."

I really don't care if half the world is destroyed by terrorists - the fool who tries to put a chip in me is going to meet his maker.

[Tacis]

I don't understand how implanting these chips is going to increase the income from the Mexican goberment's sale of drugs or helping kerrorists get into the US. Is the point that they can identify US agents because they won't have a chip?

[FourtySeven]

This is one of those rare cases where I actually agree with the "tinfoilers". No way is that going in my body, especially if it's converted to be used to "buy and sell" things.

There are simply some things that must be adhered to, if one is to have a valid "faith" in God. Belief in the Bible is one. And you can't get closer to the description in Revelation than this. (Rev 13:17)

(assuming of course it's made mandatory)

[Junior]

The "Mark of the Beast¹" whackos aside, I can see a definite use for this thing for paroled criminals, especially for folks like sex offenders.

¹There are some people who believe that everything is an indication of the end times. These people are generally unhappy with life and can't wait for it to be over. Consider it to be a type of "suicide by God" syndrome.

[MD_Willington_1976]

"In Mexico, we have more than 150,000 missing kids," said Aceves of Solusat.

Have they looked for them in So Cal, Texas, or Arizona?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Should our people in Iraq have these implanted incase they are kidnapped?
What about implanting one in one of Osama's men we have captive? Then conveniently let him escape!

The possibilities are endless, and scarry!

[theDentist]

Tests showed a large number of the chips passing over the Mexican/American border during the evenings.

[fat city]

Note to self: Invent chip-seeking bullet.

[EdReform]

read later

[BlazingArizona]

What none of these people, pro and con, seem to realize is that RFID is a SHORT-RANGE technology. Putting RFID chips on products will eventually allow you to breeze through a supermartket checkout line without stopping, your whole cartful of goods rung up and deducted from your bank account automatically. But you can't read a RFID chip from more than a few feet away, by design. RFID is useful for identifying your pet, because animal shelters know to buzz each incoming dog and cat with an RFID reader held near a designated place on the body. But how is this technology going to help a kidnap victim being held in a jungle hut far from the city?

I'm sure that some sort of "personal Lowjack" is being worked on, but it won't be RFID. It's going to have to be an active transmitter beacon that you will only want to use as a last-ditch alternative to torture and beheading, because it will microwave your body in the process of telling searchers where you are.

[longtermmemmory]

Talk about ease of theft.

Kidnap the person and keep them alive long enough to drag their body to various locations to aquire material.

If the person is uncoperative, chop off the body part.

(remember the scene in 6th day with Ahnold using a severed thumb to get into a secure area?)

[monday]

""If people don't want RFID tags in their underwear or in their designer clothes, why would they ever want them under their skin?" said Mike Liard, an RFID analyst for Venture Development Corp. (Natick, Mass.)."

If I was rich and had kids that were in danger of being kidnapped, I would probably chip them with locators. I would at least think about it long and hard.

[steve-b]

What the hell is a locator device that can only be detected from a few inches away (this can't be improved all that much by technological advances -- a little subdermal gadget can only obtain and emit so much power before it starts to damage the bearer) supposed to accomplish, anyway?