Comments on: The problems with Human Rights legislation http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2007/07/15/the-problems-with-human-rights-legislation/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marco Polohttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2007/07/15/the-problems-with-human-rights-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Marco Polo Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:51:56 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2007/07/15/the-problems-with-human-rights-legislation/#comment-169 I realise this isn't exactly the right place for this comment, but I just came across a post on your old blog on RFID tags, and wanted to point you to this article (already a few years old now) which discusses the same topic: <a href="http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/rfid_feds_fund_school_surveillance.htm" rel="nofollow">Feds to Fund Controversial School Surveillance</a>. Discussion about whether tracking or RFID tags are a "good idea" or not misses the point, in my opinion: behind any new technological development, there are people pushing it for their own agendas (genetically modified crops spring to mind as an example). The ostensible rationale is not the real one, for reasons perfectly illustrated by the second "Doctor Fun" cartoon in your blog post <a href="http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php/2007/11/17/the-dangers-of-rfid-tags-in-education/" rel="nofollow">The dangers of RFID tags in education</a>. I realise this isn’t exactly the right place for this comment, but I just came across a post on your old blog on RFID tags, and wanted to point you to this article (already a few years old now) which discusses the same topic: Feds to Fund Controversial School Surveillance. Discussion about whether tracking or RFID tags are a “good idea” or not misses the point, in my opinion: behind any new technological development, there are people pushing it for their own agendas (genetically modified crops spring to mind as an example). The ostensible rationale is not the real one, for reasons perfectly illustrated by the second “Doctor Fun” cartoon in your blog post The dangers of RFID tags in education.

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