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Originally posted by Azathoth
Since the invention of the credit card, we've had a way of "being" tracked. I've had a governement issued ID with a chip in it since 1997. It's only use then was to go to the gym and the base would get stats on gym useage. The new government ID cards the have the RFID chips in them carry some pretty good features. They can contain your medical history, PKI certificates to allow you access to networks, and certificates that allow you access to government locations. I just don't see why people are so paranoid. Maybe it's because I've worked in the Intelligence community or that I've never really been bothered by it. In my opinion, the only people who should be worried about a national ID is the ones that have reasons to worry about (i.e Illegal activities).Now all they need is some biometrics on it.
-Aza
. . . quit with the religious babble!
Originally posted by BO XIAN
. . . quit with the religious babble!
There are INTRINSIC folks for whom their spirituality and orientation is merged with all that they are and with all that they observe and have to do with. Their spirituality doesn't just bring meaning to their life--it is their life and saturates their life with all the best meaning they experience. They live their spirituality as best they can, earnestly, productively, kindly, generously, lovingly,
You are asking such folks to quit being who they are. Rather cheeky.
EXTRINSICS put their RELIGION on as a coat for manipulative purposes; psychodynamic purposes etc. They are ALMOST as bogotted, hostile, punative, harsh, abusive as the
INDISCRIMMINANTLY ANTI-RELIGIOUS folks are, statistically. BTW, they ARE THE MOST . . . those traits. And significantly more so than even the Extrinsics.
It may not always be easy to tell the differences if one is not well versed in the distinctions. And many times folks are more of a mixture than either or--though generally they are either/or.
Some folks are in transition from one to the other.
BTW, YOU SPOUT your RELIGION hereon every time you post . . . it's just not labeled in those terms and since it seems to be in the majority--you get more applause than screams.
Imagine the shoe on the other foot.
If the government or some law enforcement agency has a problem with you, they can take your money, stop you from traveling, and literally # you in ways you haven't imagined and you will have no recourse to stop it what so ever.
Happily, I'm not religeous. I was raised to think for myself - which, as a rational human being, is everyones responsibility today. Muslim fanatics, christian fanatics, jewish fanatics - they're all the same to me...superstitious fools.
If we become citizens of this Federal Government then we are no longer citizens of the United States of America. We will be citizens of a bloated Federal Government that no longer seeks to protect our way of life.
Originally posted by Shadowflux
If we become citizens of this Federal Government then we are no longer citizens of the United States of America. We will be citizens of a bloated Federal Government that no longer seeks to protect our way of life.
The last thing that anyone here needs to do is give the Federalists more power then they already have. We have seen first hand how well the Federal Government looks out for the little guy in times of trouble, such as Hurricane Katrina.