Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

'Chipped' to keep them safe
Sunderland Echo ^ | 07/09/2002 | Unknown

Posted on 09/07/2002 1:52:01 PM PDT by David Hunter

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last
...can keep tabs on them 24 hours a day. ...send a signal via a mobile phone network to a computer, which will be able to pinpoint the children's exact location on an electronic map.

I assume the reporter has got this wrong, surely a microwave transmitter would soon run out of power if it was transmitting 24 hours a day. If it's true, I dread to think about the health implications for the children, considering all the concerns that have been expressed about a link between excessive microwave radiation exposure and various carcinomas. Not to mention the fact that it would be necessary to have regular operations to replace the power supply. It's more likely that the device is a transceiver and is turned on by remote control if the child goes missing.

"I don't want anybody pinching my kids. I'm so frightened they might be abducted that I've never allowed them out on their own to play. They've been like little prisoners in the backyard this summer and I think they'll be over the moon about getting chipped because they will be able to play out."

This statement demonstrates a misunderstanding which many people seem to have about tracking devices. They only allow a person to be located after it has been realised that they are missing. They don't protect someone from being raped, maimed or murdered. Unless she intends to have the words "Child killers beware - this child has been chipped" tatooed across their foreheads, then the chip offers no protection whatsoever. It sounds like having them 'chipped' will lull her into a false sense of security and cause her to put them at risk in a way she wouldn't have otherwise done.

...Danielle Duval, from Reading, will have the device implanted in her arm in the next few months...

Well there's nothing like announcing to the World where its going to be implanted. I'm sure some evil paedophile would enjoy cutting it out.

Anne is hoping to have her children chipped for Christmas and added: "I can't think of a better present. At last I'll have peace of mind."

Perhaps she will be starting a new craze - tracking device implantation for Christmas! I can't think of anything more likely to facilitate an increase in child abduction, since it will make many parents complacent about their children's safety.

1 posted on 09/07/2002 1:52:01 PM PDT by David Hunter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
How long will it take before this becomes popular in mainstream Amerika? I say about 5 years or so.

It's for your own good, ja?

2 posted on 09/07/2002 1:56:32 PM PDT by Pern
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
Kidnapper to little girl, "Tell me where they implanted that chip or I'll cut your finger off with this knife."
3 posted on 09/07/2002 1:59:58 PM PDT by blam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter; 2sheep; babylonian; Prodigal Daughter
Anne is hoping to have her children chipped for Christmas and added: "I can't think of a better present. At last I'll have peace of mind."

There is a serious cognitive disconnect going on here.

4 posted on 09/07/2002 2:10:22 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MadIvan; Stavka2; Paleo Conservative; bonesmccoy; Conservative til I die; bernie_g; DBtoo; ...
What are your opinions about the use of implanted tracking devices to locate abducted children?

I think it may just make many parents complacent about their children's safety, so that they are more likely to put them at risk. Having an implanted tracking device won't protect a child from being raped, maimed or murdered. Those things could have happened before the child is even missed.

There's a disturbing trend emerging in Britain towards quick 'fix-its' which probably won't fix anything.

5 posted on 09/07/2002 2:11:37 PM PDT by David Hunter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
Like you, I doubt that technology can be a cure for the evil in some people's hearts.
6 posted on 09/07/2002 2:18:38 PM PDT by JimSEA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
There is no quick fix,that is certain.It is also certain that parents are terrified their children could be abducted.Would it suffice to say that child molesters,killers and kidnappers are also terrorist?I do not like where this is going either,but,niether you nor I can make the decision about what another parent thinks he needs to do.I do hope this device is something that could be activated upon command,not just whim by the administrators.
7 posted on 09/07/2002 2:27:36 PM PDT by eastforker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
Agree with you on this one.
8 posted on 09/07/2002 2:29:32 PM PDT by Phillip Augustus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Pern
I give it 3 years...
9 posted on 09/07/2002 2:31:07 PM PDT by IsItTimeYet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: blam
No need, if they let it out where the chip is all an abductor would have to do is wrap in tin foil then a towel to cover the tinfoil
10 posted on 09/07/2002 2:48:05 PM PDT by mouser
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: eastforker
I do hope this device is something that could be activated upon command,not just whim by the administrators.

I hope so as well, but there are bound to be many false alarms and the Police might get irritated after a while. I wonder whether or not the company will pay for it to be removed when the child turns 18, probably not.

I do not like where this is going either,but,niether you nor I can make the decision about what another parent thinks he needs to do.

I don't want to stop people from protecting their families in the way they choose. However, the problem is no one seems to be talking about the limitations of these things. From this and other biased newspaper articles many people will get the idea that a tracking device could be the answer to their children's safety problems. Someone is going to make a fortune out of people's worst nightmares and I doubt that these products would be that useful in a real crisis situation.

I read somewhere that the US Police did a survey on child/sexual abduction cases and they found that the victims were usually dead within 3 hours. At the right time of day, I doubt that many people would be aware that their children had been abducted within 3 hours of it occurring. The only solution, it seems to me, is to prevent your children from being abducted in the first place by educating them and making sure they are not unaccompanied in public places etc. This chip could make people less vigilant about their children's safety and thus actually increase the risk of them being abducted.

11 posted on 09/07/2002 2:55:59 PM PDT by David Hunter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
After all ... it IS for the children ...
12 posted on 09/07/2002 2:59:28 PM PDT by clamper1797
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pern
This is screwed up on so many levels I hardly know where to begin... it will diminish actual parental responsibility (the libs love this)..the parents will think they don't actually have to physically watch the kids anymore...
It's also a foot in the door for more insidious things...don't care if you cry "tinfoil" to this... how far does this have to go before you stop saying "tinfoil"?.. I see FReepers denying every little step towards mandatory chipping.. like it's not happening if you deny it enough..
3rd.. there are many ways to defeat this.. just kill the kid and dump it...then the chip will only help you find the body....
13 posted on 09/07/2002 3:20:50 PM PDT by goodieD
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
First off, all tracking can be foiled...in some cases with foil or adiquet shielding such as iron structures, underground areas, etc. Secondly, the very idea that some one can track all my actions no matter where I go is repulsive to me as a free man. Might as well put a "property of" tag on me.
14 posted on 09/07/2002 3:34:57 PM PDT by Stavka2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Stavka2
My friend, that is exactly what this will become. Of course, we have been property of the state for many, many, years already.
15 posted on 09/07/2002 4:51:15 PM PDT by 11Bush
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Stavka2
Not to mention the impairment of the child's sense of being a free creature. Always tied to Mommy by an electronic leash. How horrible.
16 posted on 09/07/2002 4:54:35 PM PDT by firebrand
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
My opinion is that I would NEVER EVER put an implant in one of my children PERIOD.

end of story.

Next!

17 posted on 09/07/2002 8:26:08 PM PDT by bonesmccoy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
More children getting SLAGGED?

Sigh.

Big Sigh.

The frog in the kettle never seems to teach us anything.
18 posted on 09/07/2002 8:28:19 PM PDT by Quix
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: David Hunter
Hitler is probably sitting in hell thinking "And all I got to work with was tatoos."

19 posted on 09/08/2002 5:09:06 AM PDT by Trteamer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #20 Removed by Moderator


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson