Comments on: Chipping children: paranoia or panacea? http://caveon.com/df_blog/?p=37 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:04:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mary R http://caveon.com/df_blog/?p=37&cpage=1#comment-128 Mary R Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:35:20 +0000 http://caveon.com/df_blog/?p=37#comment-128 I had a conversation with a co-worker several months ago about chipping our children, but it was all done "tougue in cheek". We both have small children and were thinking of the day they would decide that they want to go trick-or-treating by themselves. One of us said, 'Well, by then our children will likely be chipped' and another one of us said, 'Maybe we can create a law that would allow us to do it'. We joked that we were sure we could get something like that passed if we could "brand" it somehow, like the "Amber Alerts". At any rate, we understood there were basic personal rights that would be violated so I am shocked at some of these policies that are being investigated - no matter if it is criminals or people with dementia being "chipped". With other forms of diligence, we can protect both our personal rights as well as the safety of everyone. Chip your tests, not your children. Mary R I had a conversation with a co-worker several months ago about chipping our children, but it was all done “tougue in cheek”. We both have small children and were thinking of the day they would decide that they want to go trick-or-treating by themselves. One of us said, ‘Well, by then our children will likely be chipped’ and another one of us said, ‘Maybe we can create a law that would allow us to do it’. We joked that we were sure we could get something like that passed if we could “brand” it somehow, like the “Amber Alerts”.

At any rate, we understood there were basic personal rights that would be violated so I am shocked at some of these policies that are being investigated – no matter if it is criminals or people with dementia being “chipped”. With other forms of diligence, we can protect both our personal rights as well as the safety of everyone.

Chip your tests, not your children. Mary R

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