Replying to a message of George Pope to Joe Bruchis:

 GP> On (13 Oct 06) Joe Bruchis wrote to Steve Asher...
 >>> Air travellers could soon be electronically tagged inside airports in
 >>> a bid to improve security. The technology would use wrist bands or
 >>> boarding passes embedded with computer chips and allow authorities
 JB>> 
 >>> to track passenger movement around terminal buildings.
 JB>> 
 JB>> My thoughts are, this has nothing to do with the need for tighter
 JB>> security.  It is a means to get people used to unlawful  searches
 JB>> and tracking. It's all part of conditioning for the new S.S. in
 JB>> America.

 GP> How so?

 GP> 1) it's not America (last I checked, Europe is still separate)

 GP> 2) Where's the unlawful part?

The Constitution basically requires a warrant before government can search
anybody - a requirement that's been eroding for decades, more rapidly lately.
If people are RFID tagged at birth - something the government would very much
like - they can be tracked all the way through their lives into their coffins.
There's really no difference between requiring people to have RFID tags embedded
in their bodies and tattooing a number on the inside of their left forearm, and
the fact that the RFID can be read from a distance doesn't alter the fact that doing
so is no different from stopping someone on the street and demanding
"Papers, please."

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