What is this country coming to?First of all we have ID cards thrust upon us, on the basis that they will thwart terrorism and then to cap it off, not only does the United Kingdom have the largest DNA database in the world, but now it appears that the police want the power to take DNA samples for non recordable offences, i.e those in which you cant be sent to prison. Did you know that more than 100 children under the age of ten and a futher 883,888 records of children between the ages of 10 and 17 are on the DNA database. This country feels more like a banana republic every day and worst of all nobody can see it, they just take at face value all the shit that this Government (Sic) brainwashes them with.
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I couldn't agree more - it's frightening how much information is being stored about so many people. I'd comment further, but I fear I'm being watched.
Oh - stop being so paranoid. If you dont break the law then what's the problem?
What do you think they're going to do with the DNA that worries you?
whatever happened to the presumption that one is innocent until proven guilty. Even if a DNA sample is taken and you are found not guilty in the majority of cases the DNA stays on the database.
It's a classic example of being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Storing people's DNA is clearly problematic when people have not been convicted of anything. However, the existence of a DNA database has assisted in solving many 'old crimes' which would otherwise have remained unsolved (as well as plenty of new ones). DNA can also prove people innocent as well as proving their guilt. If the current system is offensive then we need a satisfactory alternative, one which gets the balance between people's privacy and utilising our technology and resources fully in the detection of crime right. I do agree that the extent to which personal information is stored is deeply worrying, but it's difficult to know what a satisfactory solution would be.
Anyone who objects strongly to ID cards might be interested in "no 2 id's" site at www.no2id.net. L2B :-)
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