Tower Of Babel

Hey, did you all see the movie “Minority Report“? It starred Tom Cruise, and it was set in a future where crime had been eliminated. The powers that be had come up with a way to predict when a crime was going to occur, and the soon-to-be offender was arrested before committing the crime.

In that movie, there were tons of technological advances in evidence, one of which was the use of biometric tools (such as retina scanners) to determine a person’s identity where ever they went.

When I went to see the movie, it all seemed far fetched, but I read today that the United States Department of Homeland Security is putting in place measures to track the movement of foreigners to and fro across the U.S. borders. The tools they plan to use include pictures, fingerprinting and retina scanners!

No, I am an honest, law abiding citizen, and I have nothing to fear by the implementation of these measures, but at the same time, they leave me with a vague sense of disquiet…

The U.S. is rapidly turning into one big armed camp, and they will probably drag the rest of the world into this state of highly militarised apprehension.

What is the World coming to? Where are we heading? Where will it all end?

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