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Makes me think of mandatory ID tattoos. I realize that's a leap, but that is what first came to mind.
by nfnaaron 16y ago
Makes me think of mandatory ID tattoos. I realize that's a leap, but that is what first came to mind.
- contextfree 16y agoThe paper actually brings this up. "The use of UV ink may be of less consolation to those patients who associate tattoos with their use as involuntary identifiers. In the holocaust, identification tattoos reminded prisoners no longer controlled their own bodies. Giving the patient a choice of whether or not to use micropigmentation, the type of encoding to use, and some control over the process that generates the encoding should help to address these concerns."
- cstross 16y agoAlso note, IIRC tattoos are forbidden in judaism (http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Our_Bodies/Adorning_the_Body/Tattoos.shtml http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Our_Bodies/...) and possibly other religions. (Although there's a halachic "out" for forbidden practices where the intention is to save lives, so this might be negotiable for medical emergency access to a pacemaker.)