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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 8:48 pm
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Originally Posted by MoreMilesPlease
ROFLMAO!!!! I suppose I can refuse to get a social security number and refuse to get the mandated vaccinations and move to the middle of nowhere wilderness so no one can track me illicitly, but then again, I choose to be part of the greater society.
Glad I could make you laugh. Actually, very little of society requires a SSN. It is for social security, tax and potentially other financial purposes. I do not use it for other things and live just fine. I'm not sure what vaccines have to do with anything.

Originally Posted by MoreMilesPlease
If you don't want a passport with an RFID then stop traveling. To advocate intentionally destroy part of your passport , which is what you are advocating, isn't right. I would suspect that the government might actually frown on this and could take your passport away if you intentionally destroy part of it.
I acknowledge and state outright that it is probably illegal to destroy the chip. But that wouldn't stop me from doing so if I receive a chipped passport.


Originally Posted by MoreMilesPlease
If you are an element of society that the government (or some shady, nefarious organization) feels necessary to track, then, umm, maybe you have a right to feel watched.
The old "if you have nothing to hide" theory. Sorry, but I'm not buying it.
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