Woman Tells State Judiciary Committee, "DoD Implanted A Microchip Inside Me" 222
The Georgia House Judiciary Committee took up a bill that would "prohibit requiring a person to be implanted with a microchip," and would make violating the ban a misdemeanor. Things started to get weird at the hearing when a woman who described herself as a resident of DeKalb County told the committee, "I'm also one of the people in Georgia who has a microchip." Not sure of what she was trying to say, she was allowed to continue and added, "Microchips are like little beepers. Just imagine, if you will, having a beeper in your rectum or genital area, the most sensitive area of your body. And your beeper numbers displayed on billboards throughout the city. All done without your permission." Further prodding revealed that the woman's co-workers would torture her by activating the chips with their cell phones and that the chips were implanted by "researchers with the federal government." The committee thanked the woman for her input, and later approved the bill.
Hmmmm (Score:4, Insightful)
A Misdemeanor is a pretty light punishment for something such as this.
er.. (Score:3, Insightful)
The problem... (Score:5, Insightful)
Welcome to the future.
A Misdemeanor? Seriously? (Score:5, Insightful)
Driving home after two beers or smoking the wrong plant is a more serious crime than planning on sticking a microchip under someone's skin for the explicit purpose of tracking them.
Weird priorities.
What did she do to get to that point, we can learn (Score:3, Insightful)
This proves that the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
This woman must be doing something right for them to write up a bill specifically for HER to get her to "stfu and gtfo already" about the government planting chips in her body.
I can just see it now "thank you, ok aye votes? motion passed" *she leaves the floor* *some legislators laugh into their sleeves* "NOW, on to real issues".
RE: (Score:3, Insightful)
Nutbars and Oddballs Come Out of the Woodwork (Score:2, Insightful)
While I emphasize to this woman's predicament, possible mental illness and/or delusional state I find it difficult to correlate her story to the eventual decision by the legislature to pass the bill.
It would be like someone petitioning against Reynolds Aluminum because they profit from aluminum foil sales. "It is all a vast conspiracy, I have to wear this aluminum hat to keep the mind control rays from Planet #10 under control."
There are wack-jobs on any side of any issue you can imagine. It was unfortunate that they did not screen this one out of the proceedings.
Re:A Misdemeanor? Seriously? (Score:2, Insightful)
What's weird about it? Driving drunk has the potential of the drunk person maiming and/or killing other drivers. Implanting a microchip in someone is a non-violent crime with no potential for the maiming or killing of others. It seems pretty clear to me that the former should be punished harsher than the latter.
Re:Georgia will be a safe haven after the Rapture (Score:5, Insightful)
Just adapt the preterist [wikipedia.org] interpretation of the Book of Revelation and you'll be fine.
Shouldn't a religious interpretation be based on what you believe the applicable holy book actually says, not what you want it to mean? The 'just interpret it like this' method is what brings us Muslim terrorism and the Westboro Baptist Church's "God Hates Fags" go-out-and-protest-a-funeral tactics.
Personally, I find the preterist view fails to explain many bits, not least of which was the mark of the beast. When were Jews forced to receive a phyiscal marking in order to perform commerce?
Re:A Misdemeanor? Seriously? (Score:3, Insightful)
Driving home after two beers or smoking the wrong plant is a more serious crime than planning on sticking a microchip under someone's skin for the explicit purpose of tracking them.
Weird priorities.
If you begin comparing crimes, their offense to society or individuals, and then the manner in which those convicted are prosecuted and punished, you're headed down a very long, confusing road. Who should be punished more severely, a rapist or a murderer? OK, what if instead of a murder, it was white collar crime, embezzling $5 million USD. Okay, what about 500 million. OK, what about retirement accounts of millions across the nation? OK, but what if the rapist actually [unimaginable details]...
Re:The problem... (Score:4, Insightful)
Being paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
Re:Georgia will be a safe haven after the Rapture (Score:3, Insightful)
You forgot barcode tattoos.
Re:A Misdemeanor? Seriously? (Score:1, Insightful)
Smoking weed = Harmless
Drink Driving = Stupid/Dangerous
Mandatory Microchipping = SLAVERY
Hell yeah this much worse. The only response to tyranny is fighting back.
wethepeoplewillnotbechipped.com [wethepeopl...hipped.com]
Re:Vote for best sentence in summary (Score:2, Insightful)
As a researcher for the Federal Government, I can assure you that we have no greater priority than to get microchips into the private parts of every crazy, nutjob, and tin-foil hat wearing psycho. Cell phone activated implanted beepers are invaluable in helping us sift through your garbage and public library records.
(p.s. The tinfoil hats make it easier for us to know that you know who we are. Thanks for your cooperation, we'll be sure to pay you a vist.)