Should the government require citizens to be implanted with a microchip for identification/tracking purposes?
929519
No that is an invasion of privacy and smacks of facism.
400141
I agree in part with you. Sans the biblical reference and the "lock down". I feel it has been this administrations agenda all along to implement National I.D. card with micro chips...maybe even implanted directly in to our own skin. What I feel is needed more than a lock down is a revolution of the people. Just as Americans revolted against the original King George...We need to step and and revolt against King George W....We need OUR AMERICA back. I want the Constitution to mean something again!
430866
no.  That would be against some privacy act that does not really apply to border jumpers, but hey, that's our government for ya.
227561
You're right.  That's why some governments impose it.  They don't want their citizens to be aware of certain information that could lead to revolution against the gov't.
985430
Not really, is there a need? Will it stop terrorism? If its to stop fraud - we already have a National Insurance card and number.
813566
I seriously doubt it.  You have to have a photo to identify yourself and make a sworn statement that is notorized.  In this day of terrorism, having the proper legal documents for identification is crucial.
233389
It is daunting.  I have heard that they are planing on using a small chip the size of a rice grain to hold all your medical information and insert it under the skin.  Should you go to a doctor, he would be able to access all you medical records by scaning this chip.  My opinion does not matter because if the government wants to do this, I don't think there is much we can do about it.  I will worry about it when the oppertunity is present and real.
462682
As individuals we have rights. We have a right to privacy, and this include our DNA. Besides why would the government want to keep track of something so personal for everyone in the country. \n\nBesides, the government has a bad track record of cover ups and basically not playing above the board, how could they (the government)expect us (he people) to trust them with such sensitive information. As far AS I AM CONCERNED I BELIEVE THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING UNETHICAL WITH THE INFORMATION, LIKE CLONING TO BREED SOME SORT OF GOD KNOWS WHAT. THAT'S WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE PRIVY TO EVERYTHING. ITS LIKE INVITING STRANGERS INTO YOUR BEDROOM, OR IN THIS CASE, YOUR BODY. ITS JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA!
965962
No.  These days it is hard to trust people with your personal data.
648741
Yes, it could well be the system used which the Bible defines as the "Mark of the Beast".  It's like the computer chips inserted in the wrists of people from south Florida.  Once you have the chip, you can be tracked and it becomes your official form of identification.  You can swipe your wrist across a scanner and the scanner reads the information.  The Army uses Smart Cards which do the same.  They contain all the information about the servicemen that would be essential to identify them.  We are closer to the reign of the AntiChrist than most people want to imagine.  I agree with the writer above, all events are moving us toward the day when the AntiChrist's national system will be implemented.  God is allowing the stage to be set.  He has a divine agenda and His Word is true.  Every detail will come to pass.  Press on!
935988
Dude, you ought to disregard all these answers from people who prefer to remain blissfully ignorant; they say 'Hey, like if it doesn't affect me, like directly, then like, why should I like, care?'\n\nSometimes, it is a darn shame that the right to express their opinions, and waste breath, is extended to their like.\n\nYeah, I have seen that demonstration before, and I find it disturbing that the Government would do this, as well as, I understand the explanation the Government gives for doing this.\nThey justify it by saying that North Korea, Iran or Russia, maybe China, is counterfeiting our currency to such an intricate extent, that the other, more obvious methods of counterfeit detection are useless, so they embed these little RFID chips, to tell the difference.\n\nBut what good does that do, at the supermarket, at the ballgame, wherever you spend the cash?  It can only be used for two purposes, that I can see:  \n1) to track our usage, or our cash we carry;\n2) to later, at some time of emergency, maybe track enemies within these borders.\n\n\nThen all of these other answers will squeel, but then, it's too late.
203979
Believe me, the government has NO interest where you are. and if they did, they wouldn't need a chip to find out.
744503
The arguments put forward in favour of ID cards are largely a blind. There's little or no reason to believe that these would have a significant impact in fighting terrorism or dealing with illegal immigration and benefit fraud. I've been involved in this kind of area and there is no document that cannot be forged, given the will, money and technology. Terrorists and criminals running major fraud operations are the very people with the will and means to do this. And so they will. Sure ID cards might have an impact on, say, your more opportunist benefit fraud but to nothing like the extent necessary to justify such enormous expense. And don't for a moment believe that even the several billion pound cost presently projected won't rise to a still more astronomical number - this invariably happens with government IT contracts.\n\nSo ID cards will be hugely expensive and of marginal value in fighting serious organised crime. Exactly what does justify the cost ? It's all speculation really but best bet is probably a national database, storing large amounts of data for each of us. Does sound very 'big brother' I know but then we've now reached the point where chips in bins to check we're disposing of rubbish correctly are becoming a reality - bets are off, I'd say.\n\nThe interesting thing about a national database is what would be included ? Name, address, date of birth, place of birth, blood group, driver or not - maybe. But how about criminal record, relationship history, medical history, sexual orientation, employment, income ? How about more commercial information, useful to the private sector. If that sounds ridiculous just think about the ever growing amount of private sector involvement in the public services - cleaning hospitals badly, running prisons for profit. This might be alarmist and wrong but, think about it, what else justifies the cost ?
871251
Some sort of identification should be required. Some places require more than others--some as little as a paid electric bill of an apartment rented, some require a picture ID.  At least the voter registration card should be shown when asked for.
1176745
I think it is awful.  Surveillance should only be done on people where the government has just cause.  People deserve to have some degree of privacy unless they have committed an act that causes them to give up that right.
148622
Without invading the privacy of individuals or without Unduly invading the privacy of individuals?\n\nGovernment intrusion seriously chills one's enthusiasm about personal pursuits and encouraging individual pursuits is what makes democracies such fertile ground for invention and revolutionary ideas. \n\nBut law enforcement has a natural desire to know and control all aspects of life.\n\nSo the US came up with a brilliant solution.  Privacy may be invaded by law enforcement but only if they first prove to a judge that the person is probably up to something bad.  That's not a very high standard to meet but it means that at least there's a gatekeeper looking to balance private and state interests.\n\nNo state official has ever even offered to show that this intermediate step in any way makes the nation less safe.  And they certainly have not offered to show that any such decrease in safety outweighs the harm to democratic government that accompany routine violations of ersonal privacy.
670681
No way.  Once that microchip is inserted, you'll have absolutely no privacy for the rest of your life.