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I'd have no objection to mine being in a database that is secure.

Obviously the ppl who will aagrue against it would be the criminal types. Their reason for arguing against is because they'd get caught, or be linked to particular crimes.

DNA is not infallible though... think of Chimera Syndrome.

hell no!!! i would'nt be able to sleep at night knowing the fuzz could come banging on the door for something ive done,, its all so minority report in reverse

Well personally I'd have to say NO ...With the obvious Big Brother ..the power that be already know were you at any point in time by the use of your mobile phone..why would you want them to have your DNA ,,,




So let say that at birth they take your DNA ...I'm sure there would be a few embarrassed mams and Dads out there ...

We have far too many data bases already. We are basically the 1984 Big Brother Society the Orwell said we would be. You can't move for cameras, whether they be in the city or speed cameras. Banks hold all our info, as do insurance companies, employers, voting register. Its impossible to be private. I am all for a Data Base for sex offenders but thats it. I think when we start taking innocent childrens DNA at birth or taking DNA samples from people who are arrested for a small thing is when things will get out of hand. We all know how careless the government and government departments are with information so why should they be trusted with trhis? What next do we start to barcode and chip people. Do we look for a criminal gene and abort all babies with that gene? Its a slippery road people. And the arguement that if you do nothing wrong you dont have anything to worry about is very flawed. If your DNA profile is on a Data Base there could be thousands of miscarriges of justice by simple admin errors! JMO

I think it would be great to have a DNA database, it would make the garda job so much easier catching criminals especially in rape cases and other violent crimes, also men who dont pay maintenance for their children would be very easily tracked down,
I wouldnt have any problem with it at all.

Honestly, no, I'd be very much against it.

These things have a way of being sold to us under very nice pretenses, but can then be used in many other ways...

Anyone remember the Patriot Act in the U.S. post 9/11?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_invocations_of_the_USA_PATRIOT_Act

I meant to add:

This is how police states are formed, bringing legislation which is passed by playing on the public's fears over certain current events.

Oh i was going to say only if you committed a crime but what if there is a case and there was a dna sample found but that person hadnt committed a crime before that!

But i think it should be only if you commit a crime, no matter what that crime is. Dont like this idea of people knowing everything about you, its not a free world as you like to think it is! jmo

I do question the reliability of DNA, Chimera Symdrome is classed as a highly rare suitation by the seientific community. Its were a person carries 2 seperate DNA's, but personally, I think we have no idea how rare or common it is......... when DNA samples are taken its normally taken from hair, salivia or blood, and its not ususally taken from different parts and compared. I think that chimerism could be a clue into evolution, select evolution.



Personally I wouldnt have a problem with my DNA being on a database, I mean what harm could knowing my DNA be of any risk to me?

They could clone ya in the future....

Oh christ........now that is a scary thought.

I take offence to that

I'm not the criminal type and frankly I find your post offensive just to assume that people who don't share your point of view are criminals.

Just how is this information to be used and who is it going to be shared with, the FBI or MI5 perhaps? The world is in a state of unrest at the moment and things which are legal today such as peaceful protest could be illegal tomorrow. Or if we end up in a facist state and they start rounding up the ethnic minorities again, well the list would be ready and waiting.Just when would you decide to step outside the law. I remember the Poll Tax riots and the Miner's strike in the UK not that long ago and people criminalised for standing up for their rights.And we had British SAS soldiers dressen in police uniforms.

Or what if they decide to go for neclear power stations here (and I garuantee you they will within 10 years) and people strongly didagree with it? Then there's the whole Corrib Gas pipeline carry on.


Rememeber the state this country is in just now. We are ripe for a Maggie Thatcher character.

And if you think all policemen are honest and reasonable all the time, think again. The Garda have been caught before falsifying evidence.Think of Donegal and the man who served time for murder.

I consider this idea of holding files on people very similar to the old East German stasi meathods. It's yet another erosion of our civil rights and our freedom.

And as usual, they will try to convince us that it's for our own good.

I'm 50/50 on it I can see where it could be useful but I can also see where it could be used against people too