If it's voluntary that's one thing. If you want to put someone's microchip under your skin because you think it makes you cool, I support your freedom to do it (and pay for any consequences, including the FULL cost of any infection and associated treatment). I've seen people come up with all sorts of reasons to do it from the artistic (controlling embedded LEDs for a sci-fi look under the skin) to the inane (storing data under the skin for some reason or other.)
However, the second some government goon decides this is going to be a modern version of "Papers, please", I reserve the right to invoke the document that laid the foundation for our great country and water the Tree of Liberty.
"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness"
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness". We best invoke this NOW and not wait for “some government goon” to do anything further than what they’ve already done. Their intention is clear. I remember something my counselor told me once - don’t draw your line in the sand right in front of your feet. I think, far too often, that’s what we do. We wait for them to push our very last boundary before we do anything, and that costs us everything. Remember, this is an abusive relationship! Be on the offensive, not the defensive.
If it's voluntary that's one thing. If you want to put someone's microchip under your skin because you think it makes you cool, I support your freedom to do it (and pay for any consequences, including the FULL cost of any infection and associated treatment). I've seen people come up with all sorts of reasons to do it from the artistic (controlling embedded LEDs for a sci-fi look under the skin) to the inane (storing data under the skin for some reason or other.)
However, the second some government goon decides this is going to be a modern version of "Papers, please", I reserve the right to invoke the document that laid the foundation for our great country and water the Tree of Liberty.
"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness"
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness". We best invoke this NOW and not wait for “some government goon” to do anything further than what they’ve already done. Their intention is clear. I remember something my counselor told me once - don’t draw your line in the sand right in front of your feet. I think, far too often, that’s what we do. We wait for them to push our very last boundary before we do anything, and that costs us everything. Remember, this is an abusive relationship! Be on the offensive, not the defensive.