Originally posted by: Warbler
To play devil advocate: Credit card can be lost and stolen.
But a credit card can't cause bodily damage. I wonder what kind of medical guarantee you will get that the implant won't be misimplanted and suddenly break off and cause some irreparable damage to a vital organ or body function.
To be a devil's advocate of my own... if the chips become widespread, then the only means by which a thief can make any money will be via violent assault to remove the chip. If this becomes the case, they will become more violent. The ends will justify the means.
Originally posted by: Warbler
If you wish to be assimilated, that is your choice, but it is not mine. True some of these things can help us, but just how far do we go? Until we are more machine than human? I want to be a human, not a computer.
To play devil advocate: Credit card can be lost and stolen.
But a credit card can't cause bodily damage. I wonder what kind of medical guarantee you will get that the implant won't be misimplanted and suddenly break off and cause some irreparable damage to a vital organ or body function.
Originally posted by: Warbler
again To play devil advocate: true, it would be more violent, but much more difficult to do, especially without getting caught. Also there many thieves who have no problem with stealing identies and purses, but would have a problen cutting someone's arm off.
again To play devil advocate: true, it would be more violent, but much more difficult to do, especially without getting caught. Also there many thieves who have no problem with stealing identies and purses, but would have a problen cutting someone's arm off.
To be a devil's advocate of my own... if the chips become widespread, then the only means by which a thief can make any money will be via violent assault to remove the chip. If this becomes the case, they will become more violent. The ends will justify the means.
Originally posted by: Warbler
If you wish to be assimilated, that is your choice, but it is not mine. True some of these things can help us, but just how far do we go? Until we are more machine than human? I want to be a human, not a computer.
A-friggin-MEN! 'nuff said.