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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:08:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > Maybe the card itself is not a civil rights violations, but the many
> > activities for which they will use such a thing are. First, if I'm required
> > to disply my shiny new Federal ID, I consider it unreasonable search.
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> I'm missing something in this--do you mean if you're required to display
> it (wearing it on your lapel) or produce it on command (hey you, show me
> your ID)? Either would be objectionable, I agree, but I'm curious about
> which you meant specifically.
Well, produce it on command is what I meant. Though, having to wear it is
even creepier. "Hi, my name is Chris!"
> > This whole idea makes me very edgy.
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> Just wait until they start implanting chips in newborns!
Yeah. I don't want _them_ implanting chips in newborns. OTOH, if there are
nifty chips that we can implant to improve ourselves, I'm all for that...but
not normally in newly birthed nonconsenting humans.
Chris
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| (...) 'Life as an Office Christmas Party." A more horrifying dystopia I cannot imagine. (...) If there's a slippery slope to be found here, you might have just hit on it--it might be justifiable to implant an "insulin regulator" chip or an "epilepsy (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm missing something in this--do you mean if you're required to display it (wearing it on your lapel) or produce it on command (hey you, show me your ID)? Either would be objectionable, I agree, but I'm curious about which you meant (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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