Mulling over George Pope to STEVE ASHER 27 Aug 2004

SA> Idea of implanting ID tags raises Orwellian fears

 GP> And how can people still naysay these fears? (oh yeah, they
 GP> probably haven't even READ "1984" and/or don't have the skills to
 GP> make the connections between this type of universal watchability
 GP> and the one in the novel!) :| 

As long as people think it will keep terrorists off airplanes, or make
it easy to get out of the supermarket without fumbling for cash, they
won't be troubled by any privacy concerns. After all, governments have
legislated to "ensure" that the collected data associated with the chips
will be kept "private" and "secure".

Cheers, Steve..

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