Thursday, February 21, 2013

Location Tracking

Forcefully implanting computer chips into the bodies of children and teenagers is not only unnatural but comes off as a bit unethical. I can see a little merit in certain scenarios for the elderly who suffer from Alzheimer's, dementia, etc, though a computer chip sounds a bit extreme. I can think back to when I was a kid, and if I were introduced to the idea of installing a computer chip inside me for the sake of always knowing exactly where I happen to be, I would be very unnerved and opposed to such a notion. It's just a bit over the top, and while some people may view it as some benevolent way of saving the children, I tend to gravitate toward the side of that it caters to a perverse infatuation in certain people who actually take comfort in being allowed to always know where their children are. That said, I will confess that I believe installing computer chips into people who pose a threat has positive implications. If someone who is charged with murder, abduction, rape or molestation does their time and are allowed  access to the outside world once more, I feel it is justified to implant such devices into them. Outside of these circumstances I view it as obsessive and borderline pathological.

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