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Decon: http://wearables.about.com/library/weekly/aa040101a.htm

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>Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:51:02 -0400
>If the anthrax scare did not turn out to be a hoax, the victim that did
>not what to get the wearable wet, would surely be awarded the "Die
>Hard Wear Hard" darwin award.

As Michel Foucault once wrote: "Government loves a plague"
(in the context of quieting civil unrest with claims of eminent plague).

With this kind of reasoning "domestic preparedness" (e.g. military forces
directed toward ourselves, and the declaration of martial law) becomes
unstoppable, if what we value is safety and security above and beyond
civil democracy.  Dictatorship is far more efficient than democracy, when
it comes to safety and security.  Wearable computers documenting
atrocities might be unacceptable to such dictators.

Maybe societies that succomb to such reasoning should be awarded the
Darwin award (those who willingly marched to death into mass delousing
chambers???).

I was thinking we need a version of the Darwin award for large groups.

The new award (maybe we could call it the Mass Darwin award)
would be analogous to the current Darwin award for individuals.

Large groups of persons who acquiesce to safety and security and
subsequently become victims to tyranny would receive the Mass Darwin
awards.

>However I suspect a 3101 phunny.

read to the end of the article:
"EXISTech Corporation's original facility proposal of April 1, 2000 (CA2303611)
... Happy April 1."

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