Mulling over LEE LOFASO to STEVE ASHER 30 Oct 2006

G'day Lee,

SA>Britons 'could be microchipped like dogs in a decade'
SA>by DAN NEWLING Last updated at 00:11am on 30th October 2006

SA>Human beings may be forced to be 'microchipped' like pet dogs,
SA>a shocking official report into the rise of the Big Brother state
SA>has warned.

 LL> It could happen sooner for Britons given another 3/11.
 LL> It could happen sooner for Americans given another 9/11.

You mean someone might want to "bring it on", like this?

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Muslim 'wanted new 9/11'
 
November 04, 2006

A MUSLIM accused of inciting murder during a protest wanted a new 9/11
across Europe, a court heard yesterday.

Mizanur Rahman, 23, was also said to have called for the
oindiscriminate killingoe of American and British troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan.

He is alleged to have made the remarks as he demonstrated outside the
Danish Embassy in London after cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad
appeared in a Danish newspaper.

Rahman is said to have told fellow demonstrators: "Oh Allah, we want
to see another 9/11 in Iraq, another 9/11 in Denmark, another 9/11 in
Spain, in France, all over Europe. Oh Allah, destroy all of them."

The Old Bailey was told he was filmed carrying placards with the
slogans "let's annihilate those who insult Islam" and "behead those
who insult Islam".

Rahman, of Palmers Green, North London, denies all the charges.

The trial continues.

"The Sun" - http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006510314,00.html
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SA>The microchips - which are implanted under the skin - allow the
SA>wearer's movements to be tracked and store personal information
SA>about them.

 LL> Works for dogs.  Why not people?

Here, Rover! Woof!

SA>They could be used by companies who want to keep tabs on an employee's
SA>movements or by Governments who want a foolproof way of identifying
SA>their citizens - and storing information about them.

 LL> It will probably be promoted as voluntary at first.  Then, after
 LL> all the kinks have been worked out, it will become mandatory.  For
 LL> everybody. 

Of course. It can be a way of "avoiding" the check-in queue at airports,
crossing borders etc - think how convenient it will be to just breeze
through, while the un-chipped are vetted & scanned...

SA>The prospect of 'chip-citizens' - with its terrifying echoes of George
SA>Orwell's 'Big Brother' police state in the book 1984 - was raised in
SA>an official report for Britain's Information Commissioner Richard
SA>Thomas into the spread of surveillance technology.

SA>The report, drawn up by a team of respected academics, claims that
SA>Britain is a world-leader in the use of surveillance technology and
SA>its citizens the most spied-upon in the free world.

SA>It paints a frightening picture of what Britain might be like in ten
SA>years time unless steps are taken to regulate the use of CCTV and
SA>other spy technologies.

[...]

SA>The RFID chips - which can be detected and read by radio waves - are
SA>already used in new UK passports and are also used the Oyster card
SA>system to access the London Transport network.

 LL> The RFID chips are included in new American passports, as well.
 LL> With a proper scanner, terrorists can identify the holders of those
 LL> passports, even among a crowd of people who have no such passports.
 LL> And that puts innocent civilians at risk.  But at least civilians
 LL> can take steps to hide those passports, or make those passports
 LL> "invisible" from scanners.

 LL> However, just think of what an imbedded RFID chip would mean. 

Yes, every bureacrat, spammer, scammer, marketer, social worker, doctor,
policeman etc would be waiting to scan your chip & summon up your life
story. You could create a caste society, where high-caste citizens get
privileges according to RFID code, much like telephone subscribers are
categorised as "normal", "urgent" and
"essential" - the "normal" ones
might be left to die or "put down" after a terror event, bird flu,
tsunami - Hurricane K, even!

Cheers, Steve..

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