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Should America Allow Microchip Implants

For many years our nation has been faced with National Security Issues. From Terrorism to local Carjacking. The political arena has struggled to establish high tech ways to ensure the safety of our nation. In the 1996 Congress passed a law to establish National ID Cards. These cards unlike the old cards would contain a magnetic strip that would contain information on an individual. Over half the population of America now holds a National ID Card known as the Drivers Licenses and Comparable Identification Document. One problem that has been faced with this ID card face is physical security . The cards can be counterfeited, damaged, misused along with other theft acts. Having implants would be beneficial to the American citizen so why not "get chipped". In 1998 the proposal of the microchip was introduced by Applied Digital Solutions. The implant would fully protect our security by identifying every individual residing in the U.S. It would be linked to central databases controlled by the government. The chip would be able to mark an individual s exact location. (www.cato.org) Although this chip is not available to the public, trials of the implants have been conducted since 1998. Film stars and children of millionaires are among oth

I think the idea of a microchip implant can be beneficial. Looking at the many benefits one can not help but to long for National Security. To think of the safety of our children is much more than a reason for approval. For the law enforcement to have the ability to stop crimes in progress that too is wonderful. After reading all the material I have to say that I am against the implant. Having the implant in my opinion would not be good for society. The fate of the lives of society would be in the hands of a group of people who have access to us at all times. If they wanted to create us into someone else they have the power to do it. We would know longer have emotions of our own. We could no longer make the choices we make. Law makers could find it easy to approve laws that are harmful for us. It is so easy to make adjustments to people records in order to cover up crimes these days. It almost make you wonder why have a justice system. Law Officials who commit crimes have their crimes covered up everyday and no one says a word. Who s to say that they will not make you their escape goat. What will happen if the makers decide to experiment and change the purpose of the chip and began altering the behavior of people for fun. This too can be done through a little microchip. The people of the world would be without natural affection. This would mean total control by a computer system. I truly believe that a lot of lives would be lost from this. Even though the microchip has been implanted into many people over the pass year or so. There is still no evidence of the long term affect. I do not trust the makers of the product. There are too many what "ifs" for me to approve of this microchip. In 1997 Eduardo Kac inserted a chip into his ankle, the chip was able to be read with a controlled arm over the Internet giving the person on the other side of the computer the ability to retrieve information from inside him without him even knowing. This of course is when he realized how dangerous it was. There are thousands of hackers out there waiting to obtain riches through evil acts of technology. It is so easy for them to contaminate a whole computer system with a virus in a matter of hours imagine what they can obtain from the microchip. Financial information and possibly duplication of a person s microchip ID. Our position in society does not make us untouchable when it comes to security. People will always be vulnerability to criminal acts. Even with the microchip. It would not be so easy to steal someone identity with a knife, needle and sterilizer. Just as easy as doctors perform "on the go" abortions. From the Christian stand point I can agree with many Christians around the world this could very well be the Mark of the Beast". We as Americans are easy to put our trust in machines and other people rather than God. We do not know what the underlying intent behind the implant. It could very well be a scam. It only take Americans a second to approve of anything that promise security after Sept 11th. The timing of the introduction by Applied Digital of the implant has been perfect. Although it was introduced a few years ago, it had no real recognition other than that of the Vet World. How do we know that these companies that are producing this chip are trustworthy? We don t. American privacy is on the way down the drain along with humanity. With satellites monitoring Saddam whose to say that it is not watching us too. The implant would just make the satellite job more define. Just like Social Security Numbers have been abused microchips will as well. This chip could actually be sold under cover just like drugs. I believe Criminals would pay the price for new identities taken from others. One main concern of mine is the idea of being controlled by a computer. It is too easy to develop a program these days to do whatever you want. For argument sake let s just say that this company Applied Digital decided to alter the microchip. There would