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by gilster
on Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:24 pm |
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That GPS article was scary - especially when they implied that 'preditors' could use it to track down people.
Hope they drive that home- the misuse of the tracking devise harming people they are trying to 'help'
Looks like good fodder for a lawsuit -
hope one comes soon or we will all have GPS very quickly.
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by Torquemeda
on Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:50 am |
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JeepGod said: Could Logan's Run be prophecy in the next 25 years..... I hate to think about it.
Just read the book for the first time ever last week. It's a lot more brutal than the movie. For those who don't know, it was written in the mid-60's and is about a future quaisi/hippee utopian society but when you turn 21 (30 in the movie.), your supposed to either commit suicide called "rebirth" or you try to run, in which case sandmen hunt you down and try to put you to "sleep." Everyone has a crystal in their palm that automatically changes color when your time is up.
Here's an excerpt from the book which is eerily applicable to modern times, especially when you consider almost all drugs in the book are legal:
"Wonderful!" she said. Her green eyes were alcohol flushed. She offered Logan a cigarette.
"No thanks."
"Don't be afraid to," she urged him. "There's a police payoff in this area. No tobacco raids. Go ahead."
"No thanks."
The girl took offense. "Afraid to smoke, aren't you? You men! Cowards. Every one of you cowards. I was on pairup with a merchantman until last week. Then we broke it. Know why?"
"Why?" asked Logan.
"Because. Because he lacked the essentials. He was content. Content to be content. He had his business and he had me and that's all he wanted. I need a man who wants what he doesn't have. That make sense to you citizen?"
"Maybe you don't need a man. Maybe you need a boy."
"I tried a boy. Eleven. He was good for a while, but I got so I hated his young face. I'm fifteen----and a woman needs a man. How old are you?"
It's some pretty twisted humor, but is dead on with some of the things like the crystal implanted in every citizens palm. Especially after reading a article like this, which has been posted here before: http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3843 |
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