Wed, 10 Sep 2008

Farmers See 'Mark of the Beast' in RFID Livestock Tags

Forget the beast: some of us just see the mark of Big Brother and the Nanny State (sounds like a new rock group, eh?). But everyone seems to agree that this idiotic program will forever change the face of agriculture in America. And not for the better.

Farmers, some of them Amish, are decrying federal and state rules requiring the use of RFID tags on livestock. In a federal lawsuit, they say the tags, which authorities say will help them monitor disease, are the "mark of the beast."

(link) [Wired: Top Stories]

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