‘Human barcode’ could make society more organized, but invades privacy, civil liberties

Short form: a science fiction author calls for implanting microchips in all babies. The ACLU comes out against this as a violation of basic civil liberties.

SF authors as fascist whackjobs and the ACLU on the side of individual liberty? What a world.

Granted, yes, having such implanted IDs would make a lot of things a lot easier and a lot more efficient. But history has shown that governments that desire efficiency out of their people tend to be quite horrible governments.

And if any western government tried to institute this, even as a voluntary program… holy crap. If the Obama regime thinks they’re having trouble with the Catholics, what with forcing them to pay for abortions, imagine the fun they’ll have with the entirely of Christendom if they suggest that everyone needs to get a permanent “mark.” Yowza.