To: jt8d
Gotta Read... This is a very bad development. I don't see this as any different than taking fingerprints from everyone arrested.
So9
11 posted on
11/15/2003 1:48:56 PM PST by
Servant of the 9
(Real Texicans; we're grizzled, we're grumpy and we're armed)
To: Servant of the 9
this blade cuts both ways. dna can exonerate convictees. many states already dna test all convicted sex offenders.
14 posted on
11/15/2003 1:51:14 PM PST by
glock rocks
(just keep yer hands where I can see em.)
To: Servant of the 9
I don't see this as any different than taking fingerprints from everyone arrested.It's very different. A fingerprint is only a unique identifier. Your genetic code is an infinite source of information about you and your entire family.
Can you imagine your health insurer or future employer being able to screen you for future health issues from a database because you got caught up in a bar brawl when you were 21? How about having your genetic information end up being used for bioweapons research because you pilfered an avocado?
Wanna lose your kids? Care to end up on a "watch list" because you have been identified as "high risk" from your genetic makup for some unwanted behavior? Try doing any of that with fingerprints.
25 posted on
11/15/2003 2:15:05 PM PST by
SoulStorms
(The mind all logic is like the knife all blade. It cuts the hand that holds it. -- R. Tagore)
To: Servant of the 9
Just remember..these "felons" are'nt only giving their dna but the dna of their family. Think i'm kidding? why did the US seek to identify osama from the dna obtained from a relative? It's a big can of worms that does'nt seem important right now but it will later.
To: Servant of the 9
Multiple wrongs=fractional rights.
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