Comments on: Big Brother may be watching — and shocking — you on a plane

By: Elsewhere

Elsewhere — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:06:30 +0000

The Washington Times? Sun Myung Moon’s paper of record? Conspiracy theory central. Home of the Rabid Neocon? Seriously?

By: Ned

Ned — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:03:14 +0000

I note that the letter used as much of the basis of the Washington Times article was from 2006. Also, among the comments following the WT article is one which debunks the article and was supposedly (unverified) from someone in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate.

As for me I don’t believe the article, however, if it was true, even though the bracelet is supposedly benign unless activated, I believe that it is unlikely that the bracelet can be failsafe, and if accidentally activated on the wrong person could kill them. For those of us with certain kinds of heart conditions, and those wearing pacemakers or defibrillators, such as the Vice President of the United States, if the bracelet would accidentally be activated, we would likely not survive the jolt.

If true, this insane and Orwellian measure could be the end of air travel for those millions with heart conditions, epileptics, and others who would likely not survive an accidental discharge and could not take a chance on wearing anything like this.

By: Ron G

Ron G — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:02:19 +0000

This has to be a ruse to float someone’s stock, the DHS is crazy, but not that crazy. What happens the first time they jolt a passenger with a heart condition….or (After seeing the headlines yesterday) a child running crazy up and down the aisles? You think the PR is bad when your employees forbid someone from flying? What happens when you stun a kid?

If anything, this article raised the awareness level of Lamperd Lethal…..their trading volume averages about 12K over the last three months……today it is at 20K.

By: ali

ali — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:47:32 +0000

Well, if DHS seriously considers this, I’d imagine they would be the piranhas.. do we really have a chance against our “safety” implemented by the govt?

By: Ron G

Ron G — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:41:53 +0000

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trying to fight pirahnas underwater while duct-taped…
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Now that is imagery that will stick in my head for a while……the question is, who’s the pirahnas, the passengers or the flight staff?

By: ali

ali — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:02:02 +0000

If this even goes anywhere NEAR consideration, it’ll be like trying to fight pirahnas underwater while duct-taped…

I think I’d prefer the Titanic.

By: Ron G

Ron G — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:10:21 +0000

This has to be joke or some guy trying to push up a stock value. Not even considering the Big Brother issues…..

What happens when some ingenious person develops a transmitter to randomly trigger the pulses?