X-Message-Number: 24817 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:16:15 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Re: implantable data chip... luddites already groundlessly disapprove References: <> > > >Message #24806 >From: "Bryan Hall" <> >Subject: FDA approves use of implantable data chip >Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:06:08 -0700 > >The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable >computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding >care. > >http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/a/2004/10/13/national0948EDT0497.DTL&type=printable > >I wonder if this might eventually be useful as a way to inform emergency >works to contact one's cryonics company in the event of a medical emergency, >in addition to the regular necklace or med alert bracelet. > >-Bryan > > > The luddites are already spinning this outcome with fear propaganda. They act as if we, everyone in the world, live now in authoritarian totalitarian communistesque regimes where one has no choice over who one's leaders are. Or that if an unpopular edict is sent down from on high we can't reject it by ejecting those leaders supporting it. These people are certain that the evil government is going to chip everyone so no one can hide from them. This chip is not even capable of tracking. Though some in the future could be it does not automatically lead to our having to accept them. I purchasd an anti Christian book called The Bible Fraud by Tony Bushby from a small publisher that deals with unpopular books. For doing so I got automatically put on their newsletter which as it turns out is chock full of loopy loony new age crap and more, the following ludite response to this chip technology. Except for getting a heads up to this kind of junk coming out I would dump this newsletter asap. James CC: WTA-TALK 1) SMART CARDS AND THE LIKE Someone brought to my attention that the State of Queensland in Australia is contemplating introducing smart card driver's licences in the near future. See http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/new_driver_licence Now, Australia had a referendum on the introduction on what was to be called the Australia Card some years ago and it was very firmly voted out. Richard Cawte of Quester Press in the UK (the world's leading publisher of freedom and privacy information) also picked up the story and decided to comment in his newsletter called The Q Dear Wealth Creator, Two years ago, at a seminar in Cancun, I remember hearing the news that the US government had backed a company called Verichip to develop micro-chips that can be inserted into humans. I remember being amazed to hear that when the company asked for volunteers on whom to test the product, they were inundated by requests from people of all ages - including children - all saying "Me first! Me first!" Further back, writing in The Q newsletter in 1999, I talked about moves in Australia to introduce a smartcard on which there would be a microchip with information about the bearer stored. You know, the ususal stuff - age, occupation, salary, DNA sample, hobbies, spending habits, religious leanings..... in fact everything there is to know about you (and probably more!). It comes as no surprise then to hear that the Premier of Queensland, Australia is now proposing a new "Smartcard" to be launched on a seemingly unsuspecting public. It will be marketed as anti-fraud, anti-terrorist and a big plus for the security of all. Two things will follow, almost guaranteed - Firstly, the cards will be easily lost or stolen so some bright spark in the government will come up with the notion that they should be implanted instead...where they can't be lost, tampered with or discarded. Verichip will have finished their "tests" by then of course. We'll be sold the line that our children will be safer if we know where they are. There will be some particularly gruesome kidnaps of young girls just beforehand, to make sure the public join the campaign. Secondly, the promotion of a no-cash society will begin in earnest. In 1999 I predicted that within ten years cash would be outlawed. I still hold to that prediction. We'll be told that it's a lot easier to have no "real money". Hey, there will be no tax returns to fill in, because tax will be deducted from the card before you get it! And we'll be told that cash machine fraud, now costing millions, will be wiped out with ease. There will be a spate of cash point theft, becoming increasingly violent, to prove the point. We'll see the pictures of elderly people being mugged. A lot of people will say "We need that smart card! Give me a microchip! Hey, my dog has one, and he's fine!" It's a case of "watch this space" as governments do their best to create an environment in which people welcome such a move. Australia has long been the testing ground for moves then adopted by the USA, UK and Europe. So, when Premier Beattie promotes a technological breakthrough in Queensland, expect President Bush and Emperor Blair to promote it within a year or so. OK readers, so I may sound a little cynical about this - but the proof will be in the pudding, and if we ingest this pudding, heaven knows what it will do to us. Remember, we will have no idea what is on either the smartcard or the microchip. And what is there will be encrypted - again supposedly for our own protection. If the chips can be used to track someone this means they will have a transmitter/receiver of some kind built in. Ever wondered if that might be used to "suggest" behaviour to the brain rather than just monitor whereabouts? The solution is simple - as ever! Always, always know that governments are YOUR representatives. They work for you. Not the other way round. If you don't like what they are doing, change them - before they change you! We don't need smartcards, and we certainly don't need microchips. Not unless they come served with micro-fish and are soaked in micro-vinegar! Come on you Queenslanders - don't take this with a pinch of salt - kick him out! Until next week! My best wishes, Dr. Richard Cawte. 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