ROUTINE INTERROGATION: Some Thoughts about Government Surveillance Excuse me – before you pass this point I have to inspect your brain Yes, I am serious – let me state the facts: I'm an agent for the Department of Public Order programmed to stop ideo logical infections . . . Don't worry – I scan thousands each day: less than 1% require detailed analysis to make sure there aren't any aberrant ideas in their circuits Well, don't stand there! Unzip your forehead please Take this hi-density neural probe Hurry up – I have a few hundred egg heads to vaporize and a few more to deep freeze ===================================================================================== from _Cyberpoems: Exploring the Human-Machine Interface_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some dystopian reflections on government control and neural transplants KEYWORDS: techo-totalitarianism, government control, meme theory, ideological culling Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 1993 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2014 in Tokyo, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/CyberPoems/cs.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/CyberPoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/CyberPoems/quantum.htm