posted on Oct, 26 2004 @ 07:17 PM
Originally posted by AlabamaCajun
Do you use that so called saver card at the stores?
If yes, you are in the system
No I refuse to have one - supermarket chains are now selling insurance. Not sure if they offer health insurance, but if they do, they know everything
about the food you've been eating! Did you volunteer that information? Nope.
If radio tagging humans becomes an accepted reality, it'll be an incredible tool to descrimenate against certain groups. Imagine if they discover
certain DNA sequences promote certain types of behaviours - you might find your DNA prevents you from accessing certain services that you currently
enjoy or even from entering certain areas that were once open to everyone.
Imagine if a certain DNA sequence is predominantly found in shop-lifters. You might be a law-abiding citizen that just happens to have this sequence,
but no shop will let you through the door
The DNA profiling possibilities must be endless - anyone seen the movie Gattacca? In that movie, your DNA determines your place in society. Your
destiny really will be set from the day you are born. BTW, the movie also shows how even the most secure systems (based on DNA testing) can be
side-stepped.