[forrestroche]

>>>So your idea is to give unprecented

Yes

>>>and near total power to the state

No

We would still live in a democracy under the rule of law with legislation enacted by elected representatives. What is the great danger? In theory, currently a Republican administration could punish Democrats by cross-referencing voter roles (freely available to the public) with vehicle registration information (available to public officials), and selectively ticket for traffic violations based on party affiliation. Ridiculous? Not any more than an Administration using implants and criminal law reform to jail those who publicly disagree with it, and still expecting reelection. We may disagree with Democrats, but they are our brothers, sisters, sons, mothers, co-workers, friends, and how would we react if they were suddenly ALL jailed. I for one am not willing to pay the tax bill that implies, and would punish the perpetrator at the ballot box.

Such scenarios have been used to try to scare us from any number of technological advances. Nuclear weapons would be the end of the world, chloroflourocarbons, freon, computers, even passports in their time were viewed with suspicion... This one will happen (the genie's out of the bottle), and our concern should not WHETHER (wasted effort), but rather HOW (productive effort).

>>>What is your plan for me (and others) that say "NO" to your implant?

Logically, to be effective, the program would have to cooerce compliance with forceful implantation (and in an area sensitive enough to deter tampering, such as in the brain).

[Mulder]

the program would have to cooerce compliance with forceful implantation

LOL! Are you going to personally do this? Or ask a bunch of stormtroopers to do it?

[gatex]

" Logically, to be effective, the program would have to cooerce compliance with forceful implantation (and in an area sensitive enough to deter tampering, such as in the brain). "

Do you have the chip ?

[Centurion2000]

Logically, to be effective, the program would have to cooerce compliance with forceful implantation

Considering the amount of armed Christians, you'd have a bloody revolution on hand soon after they tried this.

[WoofDog123]

"Logically, to be effective, the program would have to cooerce compliance with forceful implantation (and in an area sensitive enough to deter tampering, such as in the brain)."

ok you blew it, trolling is best when not so sublime...

[VRing]

"Logically, to be effective, the program would have to cooerce compliance with forceful implantation"

Please come and try to chip me.

I dare you.

[Old Professer]

Are you a salesman, or just a demonstration model?