{"id":3726,"date":"2010-02-10T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T13:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2010-02-11T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T19:54:08","slug":"del-mark-cole-i-just-think-you-should-have-the-right-to-control-your-own-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2010\/02\/10\/del-mark-cole-i-just-think-you-should-have-the-right-to-control-your-own-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Del. Mark Cole: &#8220;I just think you should have the right to control your own body.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Del. Mark Cole&#8217;s apparent newfound respect for the right to privacy is just the tip of the amusement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/02\/09\/AR2010020903796.html\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The House of Delegates is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that  would protect Virginians from attempts by employers or insurance  companies to implant microchips in their bodies against their will.<\/p>\n<p>It might also save humanity from the antichrist, some supporters think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dela.state.va.us\/dela\/MemBios.nsf\/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644\/272f67587b7df3cd85257535005773fc?OpenDocument\">Del. Mark L. Cole (R-Fredericksburg)<\/a>, the bill&#8217;s sponsor,  said that privacy issues are the chief concern behind his attempt to  criminalize the involuntary implantation of microchips. But he also said  he shared concerns that the devices could someday be used as the &#8220;mark  of the beast&#8221; described in the Book of Revelation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gosh, more lunacy from a Virginia Republican.\u00c2\u00a0 Who ever would have guessed it?\u00c2\u00a0 But the story raises concerns about a Democrat, too:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Del. <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.washingtonpost.com\/votersguide\/2007\/va\/candidates\/adam-p-ebbin\/\">Robert H. Brink<\/a> (D-Arlington) said on the House floor  that he did not find many voters demanding microchip legislation when he  was campaigning last fall: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t hear anything about the danger of  asteroids striking the Earth, about the threat posed by giant alligators  in our cities&#8217; sewer systems or about the menace of forced implantation  of microchips in human beings.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reading that, it kinda makes me wonder if Bob&#8217;s not adequately prepared for a zombie attack.\u00c2\u00a0 Folks are supposed to take imaginary dangers seriously in Virginia, you know.<\/p>\n<p>Updated to add link I originally left out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Del. Mark Cole&#8217;s apparent newfound respect for the right to privacy is just the tip of the amusement, here: The House of Delegates is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that would protect Virginians from attempts by employers or insurance companies to implant microchips in their bodies against their will. It might also save [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3728,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions\/3728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}