If I were to purchase a dog today it would come with a microchip. The benefit of the microchip is that if my dog gets lost I can locate it relatively easily. I could also immediately differentiate my dog from another seemingly similar dog in the event of any confusion. Pet Recovery Call Centers are generally open 24 hours per day 7 days per week with incredible found pet statistics. It nice to have a guarantee that if something were to happen to your new dog, that your chances are good that your pet will be recovered.
If I were to purchase a car today, I could easily opt for OnStar or LoJack for my vehicle. OnStar would provide the ability to unlock my doors if I lock myself out or even call 911 if I get into an accident. It’s like never, ever being alone on the road. Both OnStar and LoJack can disable my vehicle with a few keystrokes from a call center that also works 24/7/365. Another thing to check off my list of worries.
On June 4, 2010, seven year old Kyron Horman disappeared walking 150 feet to his classroom door at Skyline School in Oregon. He never made it class and his family didn’t realize he was missing until after school at 4pm when he didn’t get off the school bus. What ever circumstances took Kyron from school had a significant head start. The search for Kyron was massive when it ended the following Sunday. According to the Nancy Grace website : The massive volunteer search effort concluded Sunday, with over 1300 volunteers, 213 detectives, and 42 law enforcement agencies all searching for Kyron. Local law enforcement, search and rescue teams, and the FBI say they will remain on the case.
Had Kyron been a Great Dane or a Cadillac Escalade we could have located him with a 24 hour recovery center.
Heated debates always come up about implanting microchips in humans. It’s considered another level toward an Orwellian Big Brother social construct and that it would be a violation of our civil liberties and our civil rights. All that maybe true for adults – and I know I wouldn’t like any more government interference in my life – but those arguments would mean nothing to me if a child goes missing and a microchip could locate that child with ease and more importantly in time.
Our cell phones and credit card usage tells investigators so much about where we are and what we are doing yet there’s no debate on cell phone tracking or the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in credit cards. That same RFID technology that’s used in credit cards, pets and cars and allows the tracking of products on many things we use every single day. Would it be so bad to incorporate this technology in our children? What if the child has the option to have the device removed at 18? Do you think we’ll eventually get to the point where the microchip is the standard identification for adults?
The bigger question is: When will Kyron Horman come home?
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