DNA a civil rights issue in Supreme Court case

[Wreckem]

http://news.yahoo.com/dna-civil-rights-issue-supreme-court-case-060739404.html

Should we just have a system where every man, woman and child in this country is entered in a national database for identification purposes?

Your comment has nothing to do with the case. They arent trying to DNA profile everyone. Just those that are arrested for crimes. Much in the way they already photograph and fingerprint you.

 

[CycloWizard]

For the past 70 years the federal government has been encroaching on our daily lives. Could we imagine a time when a social security number was not needed, or when the government did not have an income tax?

If the people wanted to object to an intrusive government, the protest should have been done in the 1920s and 1930s.

So now we're just stuck with it and must bend over because our great grandparents were willing to tolerate some moderate government intervention in their lives? I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you there.

 

[Texashiker]

So now we're just stuck with it and must bend over because our great grandparents were willing to tolerate some moderate government intervention in their lives? I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you there.

You know the story of boiling a frog?

Put a frog in a boiling bucket of water and will try to get out.

Put a frog in a bucket of water, then slowly turn up the heat. the frog will not know its boiling until its too late.

And thus the way the government works.

Do I approve of DNA databasing? Sure I do. Just like I approve of social security numbers, income tax,,,, and everything else that intrudes into our lives.

 

[boochi]

Your comment has nothing to do with the case. They arent trying to DNA profile everyone. Just those that are arrested for crimes. Much in the way they already photograph and fingerprint you.

Having a national DNA database would make this case a mute point and would be a good way, in my opinion of reducing costs in the criminal justice system.

 

[CycloWizard]

You know the story of boiling a frog?

Put a frog in a boiling bucket of water and will try to get out.

Put a frog in a bucket of water, then slowly turn up the heat. the frog will not know its boiling until its too late.

And thus the way the government works.

Do I approve of DNA databasing? Sure I do. Just like I approve of social security numbers, income tax,,,, and everything else that intrudes into our lives.

Many see "government creep" as the solution to all of our problems. I call those people "idiots" or, in some cases, "zombies."

 

[piasabird]

Once a database exists it is hard to keep medical researchers from accessing information. This is similar to those computer boxes they put in cars being used as evidence in court. People trying to do research often can get access to things like Motor Vehicle records. They say they just use that info for statistics, but the state is actually selling the information.

I would actually be a good reasearch tool to have a database full of DNA samples. Tracking people over time would be a good way to determine things like longevity based on DNA information. It is star trek esque.