Comments on: Big Brother wants your DNA http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ed Hausman http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639/comment-page-1#comment-28274 Ed Hausman Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:33:22 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639#comment-28274 The same UK where some doctor floated a trial balloon about taking organs from anyone who had died, regardess of their interest in organ donation. Once you're dead, your body belongs to the State. The same UK where some doctor floated a trial balloon about taking organs from anyone who had died, regardess of their interest in organ donation. Once you’re dead, your body belongs to the State.

]]> By: Long_Rifle http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639/comment-page-1#comment-28271 Long_Rifle Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:39:31 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639#comment-28271 I'm sorry, but in a country where people are placed on DEATH ROW on CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence ALONE I don't want the government to have any more than they NEED on me. "Well. we didn't find any other evidence, but your hair was found in the car." "The car I rented 2 months ago?" "Errrr.... Well, it's all we have sorry." Rights are rights. They are there not because our founding fathers were paranoid, but because they wanted our freedoms protected. If wanting my freedoms protected and preserved makes me paranoid then- Opps. Sorry. Forgot the US is a socialist country now. I forgot I should trust the same government that gave black soldiers diseases so they could study them. I forgot I can trust the same country that rounded up Japanese citizens, striped them of their rights and put them in concentration camps. Forgot I can trust the same country that send police to arrest a man, then shoot his unarmed wife THROUGH her baby when they knew she was unarmed. Takes land to sell to others. Forgets "where" to send millions in tax rebates. I guess I should just roll over and trust my government completely. I guess as long as I have a house, and cable I should be happy. I’m sorry, but in a country where people are placed on DEATH ROW on CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence ALONE I don’t want the government to have any more than they NEED on me.

“Well. we didn’t find any other evidence, but your hair was found in the car.”

“The car I rented 2 months ago?”

“Errrr…. Well, it’s all we have sorry.”

Rights are rights. They are there not because our founding fathers were paranoid, but because they wanted our freedoms protected.

If wanting my freedoms protected and preserved makes me paranoid then- Opps. Sorry.

Forgot the US is a socialist country now. I forgot I should trust the same government that gave black soldiers diseases so they could study them.

I forgot I can trust the same country that rounded up Japanese citizens, striped them of their rights and put them in concentration camps.

Forgot I can trust the same country that send police to arrest a man, then shoot his unarmed wife THROUGH her baby when they knew she was unarmed.

Takes land to sell to others.

Forgets “where” to send millions in tax rebates.

I guess I should just roll over and trust my government completely.

I guess as long as I have a house, and cable I should be happy.

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639/comment-page-1#comment-28269 Walter E. Wallis Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:07:01 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639#comment-28269 DNA evidence need not be the only clue. Usually you can confirm it with other evidence. DNA evidence need not be the only clue. Usually you can confirm it with other evidence.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639/comment-page-1#comment-28268 Meryl Yourish Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:40:43 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639#comment-28268 DNA evidence is used to match criminals to crimes. The possibilities for error in the case of a DNA database of 60 million people are endless. How easy is it for a clerical error to take the person at 122 Main Street and change that address to 123 Main Street? Imagine the prosecution: "DNA evidence is 99.96% accurate." Yep. Except when it's someone else's DNA mislabeled as yours. DNA evidence is used to match criminals to crimes.

The possibilities for error in the case of a DNA database of 60 million people are endless.

How easy is it for a clerical error to take the person at 122 Main Street and change that address to 123 Main Street?

Imagine the prosecution: “DNA evidence is 99.96% accurate.”

Yep. Except when it’s someone else’s DNA mislabeled as yours.

]]> By: Tempest http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639/comment-page-1#comment-28267 Tempest Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:36:15 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/09/05/3639#comment-28267 Aside from your insurance company getting ahold of this information and and abusing it what, exactly, is the harm having your DNA on database with the police? W hat's so special about it that they can't do with any other information they already have about you? Really? It's one thing to inherently distrust people in positions of authority, it's another to just plain be paranoid. The hyped up fear of DNA databases is the later, not the former. Aside from your insurance company getting ahold of this information and and abusing it what, exactly, is the harm having your DNA on database with the police? W

hat’s so special about it that they can’t do with any other information they already have about you? Really?

It’s one thing to inherently distrust people in positions of authority, it’s another to just plain be paranoid. The hyped up fear of DNA databases is the later, not the former.

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