OT RFID chips in pbuttports next year 3017As will be the ones in the USA. If they want them to be acceptable internationally. Bzzzt. They are nominally valid for the maximum of 10 years. Acceptability would depend on the person accepting the...
I suppose that all those reactionaries at the General buttembly are costing the "patriots" mountains of taxpayer funds to monitor.
The USA is not alone; sadly.
Australians are about to put themselves into secret arbitrary detention (14 days - renewable) and the Poms are about to lock themselves up for up to 3 months; on the whim of an executive. Shootings by trigger-happy police are to be legitimised in both countries.
Legal professionals, retired and active have criticised these "do something" laws; including RFID in pbuttports. Their opinion has generally been to question the legality and the meeting of international obligations of their respective countries. It's laughable that the legislators don't understand their own existing legal framework which can often adequately deal with "threats" such as those against which new laws ostensibly seek to protect.
Those new laws don't do anything to prevent threats or terror. They in practice result in an increase in threats and the alienation that breeds terrorism. That also serves to promote more power to the governments.
Fear is known to be the best motivator for humans. If you make people sufficiently fearful, it inhibits higher brain functions and they will agree to anything. Which btw is the mechanism by which torture "works".
Speaking of which; somebody on PBS quipped that GW Bush would never veto an "anti-torture" law. It was comical at the time... but it's not now, given the expectation that he will veto.
Which of course will not be welcome to (thinking) US citizens travelling outside their own borders as the other countries may see fit to "return the favour". It's one sure way of screwing the military who are exposed to the constant threat of rest, injury or being captured.
If the US refuses to denounce torture, then the captured military also face that as a "legitimate" prospect. So instead of knowing that those who torture can be prosecuted after cessation of hostilies; there is no hope. That doesn't bode well for resisting questioning under torture. The solution could be G.I. cyanide capsules and the expectation to selflessly sacrifice themselves. (Spot the irony.)
OT RFID chips in pbuttports next year 3015They aren't and they won't be. I've provided several links that show the actual, *existing* implementation that's now operating. How would you attach a visa or border control stamp? How then can an...
P.S. I've checked under my bed and I didn't see any persons; unless someone considers dust-bunnies to threaten a way of life. -- "Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia ASCII ribbon campaign Economist E*con"o*mist-, n. X against HTML mail One with a ready explanation as to why and postings his last prediction was so wrong
