THEY!!! ARE!!! WATCHING!!! YOU!!

 

take two take two.... so something interesting that came from our lovely reading from the last few weeks.... hmmmm oh this one is going to be interesting my young people.

 

There is a portion in the book where there is mention of government conspiracy theory and crack downs that biohackers are/could be capable of making biological chemical weapons of mass destruction and instead of researching that which could cure cancer or other ailments they are really striving to become bioterroristin from the comfort of their own homes.... why would the government be scared of a few low budget science experiments in times when 'merica is the strongest nation on the planet?

Because its not fear of our scientist really its fear of the scientist of our enemies being able to do the very same things and selling it to their governments thus putting our citizens in harms way (and the possibility that our scientist could possibly turn on us and sell their discoveries because of the years of bullying that they experienced from the weaker minded non believers). well we are afraid of that and all the foreign nationals that come the US to complete an education and return home (thus eliminating the brain drain from their countries as well as applying their skills to their people where need)

and therefore chapter 13 instantly caught my interest, this isnt because i am some random bleeding heart hippy who cant stand to see the man interfere and flex its muscle. no thats not it at all actually because if we want to get technical i am the man. at least thats what my job would fall into as well as my degree of study. No it caught my attention because the opening story of Aafia Siddiqui makes my damn blood boil for two reasons. one the main reason that the accusations must be trues are because of her scientific background and knowledge AND she is Muslim but not just Muslim one from Pakistan! and two once again here we go doing and denying again that we may or may not be taking our role as world super power a little to far and violating other ppl's rights..... but this is something that i dont know for sure..... this is something  that we all many (or may not) have wondered at one time or another.

but im on a tangent....

9/11 is a huge contributor to this.... sad realistic world of renewed fear and racism that has come to have a vice grip on the country. and as we can see with this chapter it is something that is also affecting the biotech community and contributing to the keeping of the knowledge away from the masses by the man...

in the name of freedom