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Do you think kids should be micro-chipped?

MegF. said:
Zach: If the government wants to sit in an office and track my dogs running around the ranch and my home....more power to 'em! :)
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Guess I should have been more clear. I was referring only to PEOPLE. I don't have any issues with chipping animals for tracking:D We already strap camera packs and other crazy things to wild animals just for study purposes. What's one little microchip in our favorite pets to help if they run off?
 
While im usualy pretty open minded to technological advancements, this is one that i feel strongly about. I dont think RDF tags belong on anybody.

My main reasoning behind it is this: PEOPLE ARE LAZY.

With every technological advancement thats made, people begin to depend upon it more and more. Some are usefull, some are probably harmfull, but regardless, socity dictates that we all need to utilize these things, in order to increase peoples free time and health. This is no different.

The tagging would start out small, and then increase with every news report of a lost child found. Investors would then begin investing heavliy in these products. With the heavy investments, corporations would then begin lobbying the states (or local goverments) to endors the products. Once the states begin endorsing them, the school boards will follow. Eventualy the insurance companies will start requiring them also.
People will at this point, start considering these not options, but essential.

Once its considered essential, the lawsuits will begin over who is responsible for the tagged children. Parents, states, and schools will sue the manufactuers and the companies who monitor the children anytime a child isnt found. Everytime a kid is diganosed with cancer, someobody will try prove it was chip that caused it and sue. Divorced parents will sue each other over things like who is responsible for paying for the chip or if the child in fact has to be tagged.

It would be a huge mess, and it would be done in the name of saftey although such a product does not actuly make anything safer. Sure the parents can sleep easier at night... while Uncle Chester the Molester sneaks into a childs room. Or perhaps they can enjoy their tropical cruise more if they know the child is safe at church camp being molested by a clergy member. Maybe the alcoholic parents will enjoy their beer down at the bar better knowing that if their 14 year old daughter should not return home tonight, they can find her tomorrow (albeit now pregnant, 3 states away, and with her 32 year old boyfriend she met online).

The truth is that the majority of all kidnappings and molestations involve somebody that the child knows, and in or around places that are considered safe (churches, schools, and homes). This tag will not prevent those.
 
As far as the original issue, I think that would be a decision that only the parents of a child should be allowed to make. I would have a big problem with the government requiring children to be chipped. Also, I don't see why it couldn't be handled by a private corporation as opposed to the government... (seems like a crude reference, but) much like LoJack and OnStar.

I really don't have any concern with issues of "invasion of privacy" as children do NOT have that right as far as it concerns their parents' desire (or need) to know where they are.

Of course, if chipping is a problem, there's always Child Tracker. :D
 

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Serpwidgets said:
Of course, if chipping is a problem, there's always Child Tracker. :D
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Instead of tracking kids by microchip, using the V-Chip would be much more acceptable.;)
 
I have read through all of your replies and most of you have very intelligent and legitimate responses, I respect them all. How many of you actually have children? It would be interesting for me to know because I do have babies (12 & 5) and this is a subject I am fierce about. DON'T MESS WITH A MOMMA AND HER BABIES! PARENTING is the answer, yes some of us remember when our neighborhoods were "safe"... or were they? I have a policy, its called LOSS, Line Of Site Supervision with my babies. Is it always practical? Of course not, they go to school, they have activities they enjoy when mom is not available. Am i going to microchip them for when I am not there? NO! It is not my kids I am worried about its the molesters or CHIMOS as i like to call them, my job as a PARENT is to teach them how to protect themselves against the wickeds of the world. I am in a unique position because I work with adults in CP (Community Protection) In my experience with these folks it is a HISTORY of LACK OF PARENTAGE that has contributed to the dangerous behaviours. All I have to contribute to this microchip thing is NO. LOSS. I am sure there are many holes in what I have to offer by this response but hope you parents out there practice LOSS (line of site supervision) with your precious ones.
 
Rorryy said:
oh, yeah, all males should be castrated at birh. LOL :shrugs: Just a thought :flames:
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:grin01: I've often thought reproductive organs should be like a driver's license. Not standard equipment, but optional equipment that can't be installed until age 30, and then only after testing and a "practice" period. :roflmao:
 
Rorryy said:
oh, yeah, all males should be castrated at birh. LOL :shrugs: Just a thought :flames:
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Sorry, they're not yours. We have LONS.

(Line Of Nards Supervision)

regards,
jazz
 
jazzgeek said:
Sorry, they're not yours. We have LONS.

(Line Of Nards Supervision)
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:roflmao: That's why it's so important to keep your gut under control. When you lose that Line Of Nards Supervision, they can be the perpetrators or victims of much mischief. :grin01:
 
Roy Munson said:
:roflmao: That's why it's so important to keep your gut under control. When you lose that Line Of Nards Supervision, they can be the perpetrators or victims of much mischief. :grin01:
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Agreed, but more often than not, they become the supervisor - which is probably Rorryy's issue to begin with. :)

regards,
jazz
 
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