Re: New ally in the fight over RFID chips

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Denise Caruso <caruso () hybridvigor org>
> Date: February 10, 2010 11:48:47 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: [IP] Re:    New ally in the fight over RFID chips

> My favorite quote from the Christian Delegate in the WP story: "I  
> just think you should have the right to control your own body."  
> Unless you're a woman, apparently.
>
> Denise
>
> At 10:40 AM -0500 2/10/10, David Farber wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Michael Zimmer <zimmerm () uwm edu>
> Date: February 10, 2010 10:12:28 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] New ally in the fight over RFID chips
>
> This position has been argued for quite some time. See The Spychips  
> Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic  
> Surveillance  <http://www.amazon.com/Spychips-Threat-Christians-Electronic-Surveillance/dp/1595550216 
> >
>
> And it seems hard to oppose the criminalization of someone forcing  
> me to embed something into my body, whether you're Christian or not.
>
> -mz
>
>
> --
> Michael Zimmer, PhD
> Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
> Associate, Center for Information Policy Research
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> e: zimmerm () uwm edu
> w: www.michaelzimmer.org
>
> On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Dave Farber wrote:
>
> >From: "Paul Levy" <plevy () citizen org>
> >To: "Dave Farber" <dfarber () me com>
> >Date: February 10, 2010 07:27:26 AM EST
> >Subject: New ally in the fight over RFID chips
> >
> >
> The Washington Post today carries a story about the role of the  
> religious right in opposing the implantation of RFID chips in  
> people, which is being portrayed as "the Mark of the Beast."  The  
> Virginia legislature is apparently holding a vote today on a bill to  
> criminalize involuntary implementation of microchips at the behest  
> of employers or insurance companies.   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903796.html?hpid=moreheadlines
>
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