"The distinction that these kids are not poorly cared for in general lies in sharp contrast to many of the cases CPS sees. For the most part polygamist children in Eldorado are loved by their parents, not abused. The alleged abuse stems from a reinterpretation (the law was changed in 2005) of marriage laws in Texas specifically targeting this religious sect.(As an aside, it strikes me as bizarre that in an age where the idea of changing the definition of marriage to include gay people generates such strident opposition, changing the marriage definition to target a specific religious sect seems to be entirely non-controversial. Irony, thy name is Eldorado.)There's an arrogance in the state's decision to impose a group punishment for alleged acts by an individual against a victim who may not even exist." Grits for Breakfast, http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-eldorado-case-expose-overwhelmed.html.
So what you're telling me is the State of Texas passed a bill of attainder against the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints? We can add that to the list. Also, according to Fox Radio last night, the younger children who were initially ALLOWED to remain with their mothers are now to be separated from them and removed to "specialized housing." Tack on habeas corpus violations, too.
There is no part of the United States Constitution that is sacred to a child welfare fanatic.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
What I said to the jackbooted thugs of Texas CPS.
This is a consolidation of my four messages (to get around their 2000 character limit) to Texas Children's Protective Services. Not a word was left out of the content of my messages.
To: Office of Consumer Affairs
Subject: Jackbooted thuggery and fascist oppression
Message:
1. If you people of CPS had any decency whatsoever, you would return those children to their mothers immediately with an apology and a slate of numerous resignations for your role in the evil you have perpetrated against my fellow citizens in your state. You should be ashamed of yourselves over what you have done to those 416 children and their parents, the members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. As a Christian, one not of that denomination, I am appalled.
2. The last time I checked there was still a United States Constitution that is the supreme law of the land even in Texas. You violated the First Amendment right to freedom of worship by going after this religious group AS A GROUP. You violated the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure -- how it is reasonable to seize kids from mothers over what is accused between one child and one man is beyond me utterly, and the so-called probable cause is ONE anonymous call to 911??? You besmirch and insult the memory of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001 by that trivialization and abuse of that number. And so you ARE an insult to rescue and protection services everywhere.
3. You violated the Fifth Amendment by depriving those children of their parents without due process of law which by the way IS determined by Amendment Six, which you also violated by taking persons WITHOUT a trial, AND by taking the word of one witness who they have not been given the opportunity to confront at a trial. You violated the Eighth Amendment by depriving those mothers of their children for nothing more than membership in a group you don't like, which is cruel and unusual punishment of both those children and their parents. Proud of yourselves?
4. This act by CPS tells me that you have gone way beyond redemption. I doubt you will change your minds because of how seared your consciences must be to have carried out this felonious, treasonous crime against Americans and against Texans. Nevertheless I certainly think it is right that you should be told to your face what you did is WRONG in every sense of that word. When you face your Judge in the afterlife, you will be made to account for every one of these mothers and children. I believe that to be a fact. I am praying not for your redemption, but for your demise in this world at the hands of the American Civil Liberties Union or whoever else wants to sue you for every farthing you own, and by the way -- FIRST AMENDMENT CIVIL RIGHTS LIABILITY is UNLIMITED UNDER FEDERAL LAW!!!
Signed.....
To: Office of Consumer Affairs
Subject: Jackbooted thuggery and fascist oppression
Message:
1. If you people of CPS had any decency whatsoever, you would return those children to their mothers immediately with an apology and a slate of numerous resignations for your role in the evil you have perpetrated against my fellow citizens in your state. You should be ashamed of yourselves over what you have done to those 416 children and their parents, the members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. As a Christian, one not of that denomination, I am appalled.
2. The last time I checked there was still a United States Constitution that is the supreme law of the land even in Texas. You violated the First Amendment right to freedom of worship by going after this religious group AS A GROUP. You violated the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure -- how it is reasonable to seize kids from mothers over what is accused between one child and one man is beyond me utterly, and the so-called probable cause is ONE anonymous call to 911??? You besmirch and insult the memory of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001 by that trivialization and abuse of that number. And so you ARE an insult to rescue and protection services everywhere.
3. You violated the Fifth Amendment by depriving those children of their parents without due process of law which by the way IS determined by Amendment Six, which you also violated by taking persons WITHOUT a trial, AND by taking the word of one witness who they have not been given the opportunity to confront at a trial. You violated the Eighth Amendment by depriving those mothers of their children for nothing more than membership in a group you don't like, which is cruel and unusual punishment of both those children and their parents. Proud of yourselves?
4. This act by CPS tells me that you have gone way beyond redemption. I doubt you will change your minds because of how seared your consciences must be to have carried out this felonious, treasonous crime against Americans and against Texans. Nevertheless I certainly think it is right that you should be told to your face what you did is WRONG in every sense of that word. When you face your Judge in the afterlife, you will be made to account for every one of these mothers and children. I believe that to be a fact. I am praying not for your redemption, but for your demise in this world at the hands of the American Civil Liberties Union or whoever else wants to sue you for every farthing you own, and by the way -- FIRST AMENDMENT CIVIL RIGHTS LIABILITY is UNLIMITED UNDER FEDERAL LAW!!!
Signed.....
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Raid on polygamist group in Texas
Two stories about the heart-rending and outrageous attack on the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Texas, by agents of the Texas Children's Protective Services and (what I heard from the Michael Savage radio program were) Texas Rangers (state police.) Over 400 children were forcibly removed from their mothers and put into state custody pending their adoption out to other families -- on the basis of a so far unsubstantiated allegation that one male leader of this church sexually abused one young teenage girl.
http://www.sltrib.com/polygamy/ci_8927977
http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/582608.html
There has clearly not been an attack on the First Amendment and half of the Bill of Rights to match this since Waco, and in terms of everything done to this group of women and children -- women who by the way were never charged with a crime; all of this is pursuant to what ONE anonymous tipster alleged happened with ONE man and ONE teenage girl -- a mass atrocity of this scope, short of bloodshed, has not been perpetrated on any group, religious or otherwise, since the 19th century when it was used as a means of genocide against the American Indians. Not even Mafia families have ever been this grossly and unconstitutionally violated.
Texas state agents kidnaped this group's children, based on a LIE about what someone ELSE did to someone ELSE's child, and scattered them to the four winds. I can promise that if in the future I find any of these Texas CPS agents miraculously surviving the Tribulations in whatever land God deigns to give me in the Millenium, they will have to beg long and hard to give me a reason not to line them up against a wall and have them shot, while I scatter THEIR families to the four winds and make their houses dunghills.
I pray to God that this injustice, this perversion, this obscene rape of the Constitution of the United States, is undone and reversed, and the perpetrators are brought to justice. Michael Savage has it right when he says these Nazis should be arrested and thrown in prison. I would have them executed were it in my power.
http://www.sltrib.com/polygamy/ci_8927977
http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/582608.html
There has clearly not been an attack on the First Amendment and half of the Bill of Rights to match this since Waco, and in terms of everything done to this group of women and children -- women who by the way were never charged with a crime; all of this is pursuant to what ONE anonymous tipster alleged happened with ONE man and ONE teenage girl -- a mass atrocity of this scope, short of bloodshed, has not been perpetrated on any group, religious or otherwise, since the 19th century when it was used as a means of genocide against the American Indians. Not even Mafia families have ever been this grossly and unconstitutionally violated.
Texas state agents kidnaped this group's children, based on a LIE about what someone ELSE did to someone ELSE's child, and scattered them to the four winds. I can promise that if in the future I find any of these Texas CPS agents miraculously surviving the Tribulations in whatever land God deigns to give me in the Millenium, they will have to beg long and hard to give me a reason not to line them up against a wall and have them shot, while I scatter THEIR families to the four winds and make their houses dunghills.
I pray to God that this injustice, this perversion, this obscene rape of the Constitution of the United States, is undone and reversed, and the perpetrators are brought to justice. Michael Savage has it right when he says these Nazis should be arrested and thrown in prison. I would have them executed were it in my power.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Endorsement for President of the U.S.
I have finally decided to endorse a candidate for the office of President of the United States.
We have been hearing for some time now that everybody wants change. Well, so do I, but I am getting a little concerned over the extent of changes that some candidates want to exact on the American people. For an instance -- the health care plans of the Democratic candidates, which would mandate that some people buy insurance. I don't know what happened to the single-payer plan, which would take it out of taxes that might be proportionate to income, but apparently that idea has sailed out the window. Now the proposals are to just make people pay for it and then they'll be covered. If they COULD have paid for it they WOULD have been covered! So, the Clinton plan has fallen out of my favor. As for Obama, he is not real clear on just how he plans to lower costs -- everybody who goes for cost cutting cites waste, fraud, and abuse and nothing real ever gets done about that. So Obama's plan is out too.
I also do not like the idea of pulling out of Iraq prematurely. Yes, I hate the war there and it should never have been started. Yes, I think the target should have been Usama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda all along and that we had a shot at killing most of them in Afghanistan and blew it. But the situation is what it is now, a big mess, and guess who's still nominated to clean it up? The United States. I do not think our enemies in the Middle East are the type who can be trusted to negotiate honorably, not with the memories of the thousands of innocents killed in the Twin Towers seared in my mind, along with those of the burnt bodies of American security contractors hanging from a bridge in Fallujah. We're not getting loose from it that way, people, sorry. We will have to keep killing the bad guys until there are no more bad guys. That's how you win wars. Even the ones you blunder into by mistake.
I do not think there is an ideal candidate for this office. There are some major political and personal flaws in all three of the principals still effectively campaigning. I have discussed Clinton and Obama somewhat, but my main peeves about Obama are lack of experience and lack of definition. He's a natural demagogue with a dubious voting record considering what he seems to be trying to represent himself to be, an old line social liberal. Hillary Clinton comes off as more experienced, but she has basically just been a President's wife and policy advisor, a US Senator, and a lawyer pushing social issues. And, I fear neither Democratic candidate would do enough to ensure American sovereignty and American rights in the international scene. They both strike me now as being too willing to say anything to get elected as the Democratic race comes down to the wire.
As for John McCain, I detest his stance on abortion, I do not like his willingness to grovel to the right wing of his party, and I think he would be far better served at this point, when he has the GOP nomination all but sewed up, to start reaching out to Democrats and independents, as he has done in the Senate so effectively in the past, instead of still trying to win the wing of the GOP that has been losing the primaries. It's plain as the nose on my face that even most Republicans are sick of the far right dominance of American politics and are screaming for a break from Dittoheads dictating policy. That having been said, I think his past record speaks for itself as being that of a practical leader who can get things done that are in the best interests of the most people.
So, this is a qualified endorsement: John McCain for President of the United States. It comes coupled with a recommendation which I have long had in mind, and which others are suggesting as well: Nominate Condoleezza Rice for Vice President. She is a good, moderate conservative who has shown both a willingness and an ability to tackle very thorny problems in the world in her capacity as Secretary of State, doing so with what I believe is an honorable record. I believe this combination would appeal to both independents and the moderate voters in both parties, as well as to black people and women who may be seeking alternatives to Obama and Clinton that are more credible than ultra conservatives like Alan Keyes and Mitt Romney.
So those are my final endorsements: John McCain for President, and Condoleezza Rice for Vice President.
We have been hearing for some time now that everybody wants change. Well, so do I, but I am getting a little concerned over the extent of changes that some candidates want to exact on the American people. For an instance -- the health care plans of the Democratic candidates, which would mandate that some people buy insurance. I don't know what happened to the single-payer plan, which would take it out of taxes that might be proportionate to income, but apparently that idea has sailed out the window. Now the proposals are to just make people pay for it and then they'll be covered. If they COULD have paid for it they WOULD have been covered! So, the Clinton plan has fallen out of my favor. As for Obama, he is not real clear on just how he plans to lower costs -- everybody who goes for cost cutting cites waste, fraud, and abuse and nothing real ever gets done about that. So Obama's plan is out too.
I also do not like the idea of pulling out of Iraq prematurely. Yes, I hate the war there and it should never have been started. Yes, I think the target should have been Usama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda all along and that we had a shot at killing most of them in Afghanistan and blew it. But the situation is what it is now, a big mess, and guess who's still nominated to clean it up? The United States. I do not think our enemies in the Middle East are the type who can be trusted to negotiate honorably, not with the memories of the thousands of innocents killed in the Twin Towers seared in my mind, along with those of the burnt bodies of American security contractors hanging from a bridge in Fallujah. We're not getting loose from it that way, people, sorry. We will have to keep killing the bad guys until there are no more bad guys. That's how you win wars. Even the ones you blunder into by mistake.
I do not think there is an ideal candidate for this office. There are some major political and personal flaws in all three of the principals still effectively campaigning. I have discussed Clinton and Obama somewhat, but my main peeves about Obama are lack of experience and lack of definition. He's a natural demagogue with a dubious voting record considering what he seems to be trying to represent himself to be, an old line social liberal. Hillary Clinton comes off as more experienced, but she has basically just been a President's wife and policy advisor, a US Senator, and a lawyer pushing social issues. And, I fear neither Democratic candidate would do enough to ensure American sovereignty and American rights in the international scene. They both strike me now as being too willing to say anything to get elected as the Democratic race comes down to the wire.
As for John McCain, I detest his stance on abortion, I do not like his willingness to grovel to the right wing of his party, and I think he would be far better served at this point, when he has the GOP nomination all but sewed up, to start reaching out to Democrats and independents, as he has done in the Senate so effectively in the past, instead of still trying to win the wing of the GOP that has been losing the primaries. It's plain as the nose on my face that even most Republicans are sick of the far right dominance of American politics and are screaming for a break from Dittoheads dictating policy. That having been said, I think his past record speaks for itself as being that of a practical leader who can get things done that are in the best interests of the most people.
So, this is a qualified endorsement: John McCain for President of the United States. It comes coupled with a recommendation which I have long had in mind, and which others are suggesting as well: Nominate Condoleezza Rice for Vice President. She is a good, moderate conservative who has shown both a willingness and an ability to tackle very thorny problems in the world in her capacity as Secretary of State, doing so with what I believe is an honorable record. I believe this combination would appeal to both independents and the moderate voters in both parties, as well as to black people and women who may be seeking alternatives to Obama and Clinton that are more credible than ultra conservatives like Alan Keyes and Mitt Romney.
So those are my final endorsements: John McCain for President, and Condoleezza Rice for Vice President.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Some good advice about BDSM
This was posted on an S&M dating website. Don't ask me how I got it. ;)
"As a submissive, i do not get much email from other submissives or many submissives viewing my page. However, if you are a submissive and you come across this, read on, because there are some things to beware of in the S&M scene that have recently come to my attention.
"BDSM is supposed to be Safe, Sane, and Consensual. That means first and foremost, no matter HOW BADLY you want your punishment, whatever it may be, it must NOT do things to you that CANNOT BE REPEATED because they CANNOT BE HEALED. ANY situation that requires medical expertise to carry out, for instance, MUST only be carried out by licensed medical personnel. That includes any kind of amputation, castration, surgery, or other forms of extreme injurious procedure with PERMANENT results. Other examples of extremely dangerous play you should not entrust to ANYONE without knowing them, knowing they have expertise, and having an ongoing and established Safe Sane Consensual relationship with them first include: Asphyxiation, Hanging, Branding, Burning, Knife play, Crucifixion, Ice Bath, Starvation, Cattle Prods, or any other play that obviously draws blood, stops breathing for over 30 seconds, or subjects the body to extreme temperature, extreme trauma or a current of electricity. These things are DANGEROUS and can END YOUR LIFE if done improperly or by persons with MALICE towards you!!!
Remember it is up to you first to save your own life. If you entrust your life to some person you met in a bar because you were horny and itching to play, you can wind up DEAD or WORSE. Remember your rights as a person -- you ALWAYS have the RIGHT to say no, and at the first sign that someone you don't know won't respect your rights, GET AWAY FROM THAT PERSON. You do not want to wind up in a situation where you will have to be rescued by your friends or the police from some black hole where they can't even find you. IT DOES HAPPEN. Play it safe!!!
Remember, Safe means Play with concern for and preservation of your Well-Being, Sane means Play that is Reasonable and within tolerances and Limits of the Submissive as well as the Dominant, and Consensual means both Submissive and Dominant are in a CONTINUAL state of mutual agreement AND understanding about the play scene and the relationship. Remember also that the less you know the other person, the less likely you will have a Safe, Sane, Consensual or even Pleasurable Scene."
"As a submissive, i do not get much email from other submissives or many submissives viewing my page. However, if you are a submissive and you come across this, read on, because there are some things to beware of in the S&M scene that have recently come to my attention.
"BDSM is supposed to be Safe, Sane, and Consensual. That means first and foremost, no matter HOW BADLY you want your punishment, whatever it may be, it must NOT do things to you that CANNOT BE REPEATED because they CANNOT BE HEALED. ANY situation that requires medical expertise to carry out, for instance, MUST only be carried out by licensed medical personnel. That includes any kind of amputation, castration, surgery, or other forms of extreme injurious procedure with PERMANENT results. Other examples of extremely dangerous play you should not entrust to ANYONE without knowing them, knowing they have expertise, and having an ongoing and established Safe Sane Consensual relationship with them first include: Asphyxiation, Hanging, Branding, Burning, Knife play, Crucifixion, Ice Bath, Starvation, Cattle Prods, or any other play that obviously draws blood, stops breathing for over 30 seconds, or subjects the body to extreme temperature, extreme trauma or a current of electricity. These things are DANGEROUS and can END YOUR LIFE if done improperly or by persons with MALICE towards you!!!
Remember it is up to you first to save your own life. If you entrust your life to some person you met in a bar because you were horny and itching to play, you can wind up DEAD or WORSE. Remember your rights as a person -- you ALWAYS have the RIGHT to say no, and at the first sign that someone you don't know won't respect your rights, GET AWAY FROM THAT PERSON. You do not want to wind up in a situation where you will have to be rescued by your friends or the police from some black hole where they can't even find you. IT DOES HAPPEN. Play it safe!!!
Remember, Safe means Play with concern for and preservation of your Well-Being, Sane means Play that is Reasonable and within tolerances and Limits of the Submissive as well as the Dominant, and Consensual means both Submissive and Dominant are in a CONTINUAL state of mutual agreement AND understanding about the play scene and the relationship. Remember also that the less you know the other person, the less likely you will have a Safe, Sane, Consensual or even Pleasurable Scene."
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Evidence Validating the Gospels: An Overview of Sources
I was asked the following question by "Noor," who commented on my Mark 9:1 post:
"I really want to know why you believe that God had become a man and died for our sins ...every time I've asked this question ..people explain how it's supposed to work..saying 'God is pure and we are sinners so someone has to die for our sins.' They fail to understand that this is an explanation and not a proof. I understand how it's supposed to work but what I want to know is why do you believe that God has to die for our sins ..the question is Why and not How..if you know what I mean."
The best I can do if I understand the question correctly is refer to those authors who have established the case for the resurrection of Christ, which is the culmination of His saving mission on Earth and the verification of his own stated claims that he is the son of God, son of man and Messiah. (If I blog about the Resurrection myself, I would only be duplicating their work.)
The book I'm most familiar with that proves this was written by Dr. Gene Scott, "Jesus Christ, Super Nut or Super Natural!" There is a condensed version of his case for the Resurrection and Godhood of Jesus, preached as a sermon on an Easter Sunday, at http://www.gospeloutreach.net/resurrection.html. Other classics in this vein include "Who Moved the Stone" by Frank Morrison, Fairbain's "Christ in Modern Theology," D.W. Forrest's studies on Christ, Sherlock's "Trial of the Witnesses," Paley's "Evidences for the Christian Faith," Nathaniel Lardner's studies of ancient history linking verifying evidence to the Gospels, and C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity." And no, I haven't read all of them, Dr. Scott's persuasion was adequate for me, even though I did read "Mere Christianity."
I'm told there is an author named Lee Strobel who wrote a book called "The Case for Christ." I've never read it, but it's one of the latest in a panoply of books that have been written that prove that Jesus Christ said things about himself impossible to believe or credit unless he backed it up with miracles only God could work, and then further prove that he did those works (including being raised from a death by Roman crucifixion after 3 days dead in a guarded sepulcher and ascending into a cloud 40 days later) and thereby proved he is God in the flesh.
There is also an article in the New Advent Encyclopedia that outlines the pagan and Jewish sources that confirm the validity of the Gospel sources for the life of Christ, found at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08375a.htm. And not to be forgotten, as background evidence to support the antiquity and authenticity of the New Testament, there is F.F. Bruce's classic study "The New Testament Documents: Are They Genuine?" And I'm sure there are many others that one can find out there.
My only point here is that I believe in Jesus Christ because he was proven to me to be the Lord God, not because of a feeling or a rhetoric laden, emotionally evocative Sunday morning harangue, but because there really is findable historical evidence that logically validates the Gospels' story about him. You don't have to cut the top of your head off or suspend belief in science or good scholarship to be a Christian, and at least some of these authors, including Gene Scott, started out as skeptics and were convinced along the way by the evidence.
"I really want to know why you believe that God had become a man and died for our sins ...every time I've asked this question ..people explain how it's supposed to work..saying 'God is pure and we are sinners so someone has to die for our sins.' They fail to understand that this is an explanation and not a proof. I understand how it's supposed to work but what I want to know is why do you believe that God has to die for our sins ..the question is Why and not How..if you know what I mean."
The best I can do if I understand the question correctly is refer to those authors who have established the case for the resurrection of Christ, which is the culmination of His saving mission on Earth and the verification of his own stated claims that he is the son of God, son of man and Messiah. (If I blog about the Resurrection myself, I would only be duplicating their work.)
The book I'm most familiar with that proves this was written by Dr. Gene Scott, "Jesus Christ, Super Nut or Super Natural!" There is a condensed version of his case for the Resurrection and Godhood of Jesus, preached as a sermon on an Easter Sunday, at http://www.gospeloutreach.net/resurrection.html. Other classics in this vein include "Who Moved the Stone" by Frank Morrison, Fairbain's "Christ in Modern Theology," D.W. Forrest's studies on Christ, Sherlock's "Trial of the Witnesses," Paley's "Evidences for the Christian Faith," Nathaniel Lardner's studies of ancient history linking verifying evidence to the Gospels, and C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity." And no, I haven't read all of them, Dr. Scott's persuasion was adequate for me, even though I did read "Mere Christianity."
I'm told there is an author named Lee Strobel who wrote a book called "The Case for Christ." I've never read it, but it's one of the latest in a panoply of books that have been written that prove that Jesus Christ said things about himself impossible to believe or credit unless he backed it up with miracles only God could work, and then further prove that he did those works (including being raised from a death by Roman crucifixion after 3 days dead in a guarded sepulcher and ascending into a cloud 40 days later) and thereby proved he is God in the flesh.
There is also an article in the New Advent Encyclopedia that outlines the pagan and Jewish sources that confirm the validity of the Gospel sources for the life of Christ, found at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08375a.htm. And not to be forgotten, as background evidence to support the antiquity and authenticity of the New Testament, there is F.F. Bruce's classic study "The New Testament Documents: Are They Genuine?" And I'm sure there are many others that one can find out there.
My only point here is that I believe in Jesus Christ because he was proven to me to be the Lord God, not because of a feeling or a rhetoric laden, emotionally evocative Sunday morning harangue, but because there really is findable historical evidence that logically validates the Gospels' story about him. You don't have to cut the top of your head off or suspend belief in science or good scholarship to be a Christian, and at least some of these authors, including Gene Scott, started out as skeptics and were convinced along the way by the evidence.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
British school puts tracking chips in school uniforms
This is copied and reposted here from http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/17027 just in case someone gets a notion to delete this story in the future:
RFID Chips in School Uniforms Track Students
Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:16AM EDT
See Comments (1043)
How would feel about this: Tracking chips in kids' school clothing so that school officials can know their whereabouts during the school day?
Oh, it's happening. Ten students in a secondary school in the United Kingdom are being tracked through RFID implants in their school uniforms in a pilot program. Information Week reports that the kids attend Hungerhill School for ages 11-16 in Edenthorpe, England.
Add the RFID chips to increased video surveillance and fingerprinting of kids, and this is a heavily tracked generation—for safety's sake.
That extra peace of mind for adults comes with a heavy loss of privacy for kids. Do you agree with David Clouter, a parent and founder of the children's advocacy group Leave Them Kids Alone, who says taking all these precautions has the effect of treating kids like criminals? Or do you agree with the parents who have OKed the pilot program who do not find it egregiously intrusive?
One possible side effect: Uniform sales may pick up as kids try to procure extra non-RFID-tagged clothing. As security expert Bruce Schneier writes on his blog: "So now it's easy to cut class; just ask someone to carry your shirt around the building while you're elsewhere."
LINK: U.K. Kids Get RFID Chips in School Uniforms [Information Week]
See the story and comment on it on its original page at http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/17027.
RFID Chips in School Uniforms Track Students
Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:16AM EDT
See Comments (1043)
How would feel about this: Tracking chips in kids' school clothing so that school officials can know their whereabouts during the school day?
Oh, it's happening. Ten students in a secondary school in the United Kingdom are being tracked through RFID implants in their school uniforms in a pilot program. Information Week reports that the kids attend Hungerhill School for ages 11-16 in Edenthorpe, England.
Add the RFID chips to increased video surveillance and fingerprinting of kids, and this is a heavily tracked generation—for safety's sake.
That extra peace of mind for adults comes with a heavy loss of privacy for kids. Do you agree with David Clouter, a parent and founder of the children's advocacy group Leave Them Kids Alone, who says taking all these precautions has the effect of treating kids like criminals? Or do you agree with the parents who have OKed the pilot program who do not find it egregiously intrusive?
One possible side effect: Uniform sales may pick up as kids try to procure extra non-RFID-tagged clothing. As security expert Bruce Schneier writes on his blog: "So now it's easy to cut class; just ask someone to carry your shirt around the building while you're elsewhere."
LINK: U.K. Kids Get RFID Chips in School Uniforms [Information Week]
See the story and comment on it on its original page at http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/17027.
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