Posted by caraher on April 19, 2008, at 13:11:04
In reply to How do you feel about people being microchipped?, posted by Shadowplayers721 on April 18, 2008, at 2:37:09
I'm no technophobe but I think it's a bad idea. Maybe it's OK for limited medical purposes for consenting adults, but I don't like the idea of its use in commerce (even voluntary) one bit. I worry that if enough people decide they want to do it for financial transactions it will become something like credit cards today - where if you don't have a piece of plastic there are extra barriers to buying plane tickets, renting cars, etc. Come to think of it, the same danger exists for medical information.
Not to mention the unknown long-term health effects of injecting these things under the skin. My understanding is that your body eventually encapsulates it so it's kind of like a cyst, and there are some concerns that this process could cause other problems. "First, do no harm," the doctors once pledged...
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