It's 2007, why do people not have their children GPS tagged?

[RB TexLa]

With the horrible things that happen to children in this world and the technology available, why are children not fitted with an electronic locater of some fashion? This seems to be a simple thing to do in this day and age. Why is this not done?

[mike_c]

1. the most important legacy we can bequeath our children...

...is the ability to hide and disappear!

[baldguy]

2. Why don't people get themselves tagged?

And do the corporatocracy's job for them?

[alphafemale]

3. Oh Yeah...let's have everyone tagged and radio tracked from birth.

It's for our own good.

:sarcasm:

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I'm glad it wasn't when I was a kid.

Unless of course the signal wasn't picked up by mom or dad.

I was constantly going places I shouldn't have gone...haha

[Mojambo]

5. Because they are human beings and not dolphins? n/t

[TahitiNut]

14. I met a dolphin once.

I should be so lucky to be one. Maybe next time around. :shrug:

[Mojambo]

16. Dolphins are good people... err dolphins.

You know what I mean.

[CJCRANE]

6. It's a good idea

but it's a slippery slope.

For instance why not have CCTV cameras everywhere, why not hand in a DNA sample to a central govt database? Etc. etc.

A microchipped and trackable population would be a dream come true for the NWO/BFEE/PTB/MIC (whatever you want to call it).

[seemslikeadream]

7. I wonder if that would be a false sense of security plus

another reason not to teach your children the facts of real life, let the machine watch them for you

[Donnachaidh]

12. it would be a false sense of security -- Too much trust to a government

That is nothing more than a feeding ground for corporate information sharing.

[Avalux]

8. Because such security is not worth what's sacrificed in return.

I want my children to be safe, but I also want them to learn independence and freedom. If we 'train' our children to be tagged and tracked, when they become adults, they'll let anyone do it to them. Get it?

[NMMNG]

9. Why not do Big Brother's job for him?

Then he won't have to do it for himself. :shrug:

[redphish]

10. They do make GPS locators that the kids can carry.

Although I'm sure they would be "lost" before very long.

[karlrschneider]

17. Maybe they'd take better care of it if it was their cell phone too...?

http://biz.yahoo.com/hmoney/070531/053007_gps_phones_moneymag.html?.v=3&.pf=oneclick

[TomInTib]

11. Heck, my DOG has a GPS chip. nt

[TahitiNut]

19. People should teach their kids to

Sit
Stay
Speak
Roll Over

... and wag their tails.


After all, the Hiltons did.
:silly: :dunce:

[MadHound]

20. HAH! Love it!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

It simply amazes me how many people are willing to give into the hysteria, sacrificing their children to the ever growing police state, all for the perception of greater security.

[Madspirit]

22. You ARE Bad

I love that in a person. :rofl:

Lee

[Kali]

23. gps? or just a rfd?

there aren't gps chips yet are there?

[IDemo]

27. If it's an implanted chip, it's RFID. GPS collars are available but expensive n/t

[TomInTib]

31. see #30 nt

[TomInTib]

30. My neighbor works for a local university on a chip project.

I believe it is a military contract about force identification (she won't say, exactly).

So Seamus has this chip at the base of his neck and I have this thing that looks like a large flip-phone that will direct me right to him just like that thing in my car that I never use.

Maybe they are just trying to keep track of me, as we are basically inseparable.

[TahitiNut]

34. Just think. No more MIA.

:cry:

[TomInTib]

38. That's why she let us in on it.

I have told her tales of extractions 'way back in the days of yore and my dog tends to bolt during boat races on the Bay (long story). I have found him miles from home and endured several eye-rolling freakouts by my better half.

So my neighbor took him to work with her one day and brought him back, tagged (or chipped or whatever). Pretty danged impressive. It will walk me right up to him, give or take a few yards.

I believe Special Forces are employing this system in the ME.

[MonkeyFunk]

42. Wow.

Unbelievable.

[MonkeyFunk]

39. A GPS chip?

or an RFID chip?

If your dog escaped, you could track him anywhere?

[TomInTib]

40. see #30, just above in the thread. nt

[yurbud]

13. Because then the UFOs can find them and suck them up into their saucer?

[MadHound]

15. Because they don't wish to give into the national hysteria,

Thus enabling the ongoing creep of the American police state.:shrug:

[ContraBass Black]

18. It is done, though the devices are rarely implanted.

[Madspirit]

21. Wow

...maybe because they don't want their children tracked by the government? Maybe because they fear Big Brother. Maybe because they are involved parents and keep an eye on them? Maybe because they don't think of their children as cattle? Maybe because we don't live under fascism yet?
Lee

[Downtown Hound]

24. Yeah, that whole privacy, freedom to explore the world and learn

from your mistakes, be your own person, and individual rights thing is so last century. Hell, who needs a GPS system when you can just keep them on a leash?

:sarcasm:

[malaise]

25. Poverty for starters n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

26. They Have Them. Or Things Similar Anyway. But It's An Expensive Service.

[Edweird]

28. I think it would simply add one more gruesome step to an abduction.

If they are implanted, say, an arm; the police would start finding arms at abduction sites. Or signs of primitive GPS removal surgery.
If your kid simply wandered off into the woods and got lost, it would be great. But, in the event of an abduction, it might actually place the child in immediate physical danger.

[High Plains]

29. Because we're not paranoid freaks?

[bowens43]

32. As Franklin said.......

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

the slippery slope argument wwas never more appropriate.

[rodeodance]

33. maybe becasue they just want them to be children.

[LWolf]

35. Because it's open to use by people

other than parents. What a great way to ensure that any person could be tracked anywhere, anytime, during their lifetime!

Freedom from big brother.

This week I got a postcard announcing my 30th high school reunion. Interesting. I didn't attend the 10th or 20th, and don't remember getting a notification. I have no reason to go; I didn't know anyone in my graduating class. I didn't even attend the graduation. I had already moved on with my life.

I've lost track of all but one peer that I knew or spent time with during highschool, and we didn't live in the same town or attend the same school. I haven't seen anyone I spent time with in highschool for 6 years, and that was only for an afternoon at my ex' memorial service. I hadn't seen them for more than a decade before that.

How does a reunion committee find me, 30 years, 19 addresses, 2 states, and more than 1000 miles away from the graduation that I never attended?

It makes me feel vulnerable. Why would anyone want to violate their children's privacy for a lifetime?

[WinkyDink]

36. So, another vote for Big Brother Knows Where You Are, eh?

P.S. Kids could still be kidnapped and murdered; just found dead faster.

[iamahaingttta]

37. You know, I'm 44 years old...

...and I have never met or heard about someone that I know having a "horrible thing" happening to them or their child. I would kinda think that I would have by now, if it's true that so many horrible things happen to children. I don't live a sheltered life by any means, and I live in New York City.

Granted, I can read in the news about horrible things happening to children, but how come I've never met anyone who dealt with that? Maybe because it's not as big a deal as the TV news and movies and tabloids would have you believe? Maybe because the media makes its money by creating controversy where very little actually exists?

I would never implant anything into a kid to assuage my own paranoia. You probably shouldn't either. But, that's your choice...

[RB TexLa]

41. I haven't met any either, but I don't know all that many people that raise children

[avrdream]

43. During my paranoid mother stage when my kids were little,

I thought about and actually researched this.

I have since learned to relax and not let fear guide my life or the lives of my kids.