would u agree to ur child being GPSed

[evanovitch]

seems court case is brewing ovah school wanting to track truants in this fashion...would u subscribe to this being done? is it a potential pandora box re other privacy issues r does a truant give up privacy?

[johnnycakes]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">seems court case is brewing ovah school wanting to track truants in this fashion...would u subscribe to this being done? is it a potential pandora box re other privacy issues r does a truant give up privacy? </div></div>



This is a good idea in a democratic and benevolent society and a bad idea in a totalitarian society. In the future more benevolent and democratic society we'll all have implanted chips with a DNA I.D. and GPS which can be read for medical emergencies or to locate missing/unconscious people or to identify unidentified remains.

[Derek]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

Well it's just one stop short of microchipping your child.
Would you do that?

[kia027]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

Whose has the ultimate responsibility for the child? The state or the parent??

Schools have no business tracking truants that way. Parents responsibility to track dem pickney

Besides pickney nowadays always have dem cell phone and u can get gps pon u pickney dat way

[johnnycakes]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well it's just one stop short of microchipping your child.
Would you do that? </div></div>


Again, not in this society, not when gathering and dispensing the info on anyone's chip can be used for nefarious purposes.
Not in a country that feels the need for 16 intelligence services and a trillion dollar &quot;defense' budget. Not in the American Empire NO.

But on an Earth with a democratic and benevolent society, absolutely.
No more lost kids, no more unidentified remains, availability of a person's medical problems for emergency responders, easier ATM access, secure area access and there are probably a lot more I'm not thinking of this moment..

[f0rTyLeGz]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

I think that perhaps in the near future we will all be required to carry a cell phone with us at all times.

But with regards to truants it seems to me that it isn't the States responsibility to get your kid to school. It's the parents responsibility... and after 8th grade it is the student's responsibility. If the student does attend, or fails two years in a row... then that kid ought to be expelled.

[Gen]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

No. The states need to guh siddung and figure out how to fix dem budget gap without cutting funds to schools.

Leff di old worlian teg reg pikney dem alone. If they don't want an education that's their problem.

If this has some weird connection to the &quot;no child left behind&quot; then go ahead and leave them behind.

[Derek]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well it's just one stop short of microchipping your child.
Would you do that? </div></div>


Again, not in this society, not when gathering and dispensing the info on anyone's chip can be used for nefarious purposes. </div></div>

I can't see it being used for any other purposes.

Speak out against the government for example and they simply 'switch off' your chip and you can't even buy food. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 11pt">You can't buy or sell unless you have the Mark.</span></span>

[H_O]

Re: would u agree to ur child being GPSed

exactly. you couldnt work, use a bank, purchase items unless you had the RFID implant. it would create a ubderground society like in Total Recall