I would vote against it...

Kill the dangerous criminals and child molesters.

Neither can be reformed so why spend the resource on them. Just get rid of em and be done with it.

Again, the problem is that our system often fails to discern true danger from technicalities.

And if you're going to put the chip into people, at least make it dermal on kids, with their parent's permission and completely voluntary at 18 or 21 or whatever for all adults to have in or out. That way at least people can choose to make their own bed.

Have more interest in the other way, put people in computer chip... i am becoming older and it can be a way to immortality !!! Best to stay alive on a computer chip in a robot body that be dead being eat by worm... 

Although some like that idea for the obvious reasons, one would have to ask a couple questions. One: Is going so far against the grain of nature actually an 'improvement' on humanity or is it just deforming the basics of what we are? Two: Can the human psyche actually handle the extended life that computers offer?

Keep in mind, that would extend your life, but something would degrade and you will eventually die, probably after a prolonged period of psychosis brought on by data loss.

No, 2004.  The RedNeck is correct. 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6237364/ns/health-health_care/t/fda-approves-computer-chip-humans/

The FDA already approved chip implants back in 2004, when we had all these same debates/discussions.

"And the one ring to rule them all"

And for all we know, have been a component of every "Govt Issue" flu shot ever since.

*you were probably wondering why those door scanners keep going off at every store you go to.

It's funny you say that cause I never get flu shots. One might argue that makes me look paranoid.

You know how the saying goes:   it's not paranoia if people really are out trying to get you.

Compulsory, really?

What do you propose be done about those of us who refuse?  Do I suddenly become a criminal?  Imprison me?  Do I deserve capital punishment?

And that child in the hospital is my child.

I find it funny that you ridicule those of us who warn 'this might be abused in the future' when that is exactly what you are proposing.

It's reverse psychology.   Those who believe in Revelation tend to believe chip implants are heralding the end of the world, and to those who do not believe that, the idea that chip implants will bring about the end of the world is just silly, to the tune of the Hale-Bob cultists, the Mayan calendar ending the world in 2012, Rev. Harold Camping preaching the world would end in 2011, and the Jehovah's Witnesses saying the world would end in 1914, 1918, 1925 and 1975.   This makes you more inclined to promote chip implants--even to the point of being compulsory--just because the 666 Mark thing is silly.   The problem is, that is flawed logic.  If the 666 Mark idea is silly, you have to dismiss it and consider chip implants purely and completely on their own merits--not promote chip implants because you're "ignoring" 666.  The latter, you're not "ignoring" it at all.

When I consider chip implants purely on their own merits, it's this simple:   I'm dead set against just having a GPS bug track your car without your consent.  So naturally I will only be all the more polarized against medically implanting chips in your own body--under your own skin--and having someone track YOU without your consent.  I mean come on.   It's all the more demeaning putting chip implants on human beings as if they were household pets or branding cattle.

The other day when my wife pointed out the article to me I didn't really check the date on it. I didn't see it was published back in 2004. Seeing it pop-up on MSN I thought it was "New" news and had officially started being put into people. Still, old news or new, it'll be a cold day in hell before I let the state tag me with one of those little bastards.

Really?  I don't get those stupid shots as well.

And as far as chipping me.... If you want that hand back, you had better back up

It's funny, the government has done so much to remove our liberties.... all in the name of safety.  This is just the extreme.... but you all consent to internet tracking, phone tracking, vehicle tracking, ect....

A lot of cars already come with that now...in fact, some auto manufacturers can remotely disable your ignition...

I know that, but all those things can be dumped on a moment's notice. It's not that I'm worried about data mining or being tracked on the mundane, but any government can become tyrannical. In that case, the people should have the resources to revolt. These resources include simple things like firearms and the means to go off the grid. If we're permanently plugged into the grid, a revolution becomes increasingly difficult.

Again, I know this sounds paranoid, but history hasn't been terribly forgiving on the subject and if someone wants to volunteer to get 'chipped', then that's their doing.

this seems silly. i mean. any kidnapper or such would easilly be able to find such a device, and cut it out of you... prolly with unsterial tools.

what we really need to be working on is better computer-human interface technology.

ala: http://xkcd.com/644/

no one said that if it became mandated that it would be sub-dermal. May go much deeper.

... to think it all began with a single chip ...

according to the novel "Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars", that is how it started, for the benefit of their species.

I can see that in the future this will be linked to bank accounts and if big brother dont like you they shut you off of buying anything and doors no longer open. 

I typed in some slang into twitter and now I can't fly, use public transport or buy a slice of pizza.

A pair of British tourists on holiday (that's Brit-slang for vacation) stateside were detained and ultimately sent packing back to England because of tweets they posted prior to their arrival which contained the phrases "destroy America" -- destroy being a colloquial English term for "get drunk and party in" -- and "diggin' up Marilyn Monroe," a reference to an episode of that oh-so-American of institutions Family Guy.
 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/02/five_tweets_tsa_arrested.php

If these guys were chipped it would send alarm bells to every bobby they passed. Out come the tazer guns and and billy clubs.

Whole new meaning to "chip off the old block".

Chip everyone, no exceptions. DNA and fingerprints too.

Dr., I have a feeling you would have done well in Nazi Germany. 

I will go to prison or worse and still not accept your chip.

Although I do agree, the day is coming soon where you will get your way for a time.

You're very wrong.

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak out because I was Protestant.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

  Martin Niemöller 

I guess we can add a verse for child molesters. 

Ok, so skimming through this, I find it hard to believe no one decided to bring up the actual usable range of these chips.

The idea of someone using a chip this size to "track" you is just plain ludicrous. I researched RFID tracking for a paper I wrote a couple years ago. The effective range of the "chip" is very small. We're talking in the feet range... no that's not tens of feet range. That effective range is further based upon the size of the chips antenna array. Take a credit card sized array (yes, you can look at that card labelled "paypass" if you wish) The effective range on that card is suppose to be 3 feet. With a RFID Skimmer (costs about $98 to make one) that far, FAR exceeds FCC standards, you can boost that to about 10 feet to reliably read the information off that card. I dont think anyone would be willing to run an antenna the size of that credit card in  their bodies. These human chips are more in the centimetres range.

As it's been said before, most people have cell phones, that's how they will track you. The chip could actually save lives if used properly and responsibly (Replacing MedicAlert bracelets for instance) Sure the medical data server COULD be hacked... but seriously people, those records are already on that server and at risk, so what's the difference really?

I seem to remember a similar conversation when barcodes were first introduced. (Mark of the beast and all that) Now barcodes are common place, in fact my store which fixes computers would be seriously inconvenienced with out them.

Can technology be used for evil, sure. The only thing bad from this I see is custom tailored ads. Come to think of it, that would be not such a bad idea. Any one watch minority report with their morphing screens that show ads more relevant to who ever is in range? Think of a website where you could log in, enter the code that your RFID has and tailor those ads to you? Better yet, if you could pick your own ad (mine would be a blank screen).

EDIT: Found my source images again.

This is the credit card sized antenna, after microwaving to make it visible.

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=RFID+antenna+paypass&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=923&tbm=isch&tbnid=dDstwnZ5vHGS8M:&imgrefurl=http://www.buzzsurf.com/toastedrfid/&docid=YZnimpaIF5oDEM&imgurl=http://www.buzzsurf.com/toastedrfid/images/paypass_microwave4.jpg&w=1024&h=654&ei=C_guT-e4CuWwiQKbiOHlCg&zoom=1

This is the one that was approved for people. (That's also on their LEFT hand, not right )

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=RFID+antenna+paypass&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=923&tbm=isch&tbnid=vUvK8S5al1XPtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.asapsystems.com/docs/RFID_Reference_File.html&docid=4Pecmvcng6gJ4M&imgurl=http://www.asapsystems.com/docs/RFID%252520Reference%252520File_files/image010.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=C_guT-e4CuWwiQKbiOHlCg&zoom=1

Sorry the links are big.