Hah! No more unsolved crimes! Cops show up, grab a hair or saliva, check it out, Bam! Case closed. Oh, and it only invades the privacy of criminals, so no sweat.
2006-12-09 05:23:08 · 7 answers · asked by timbo44b 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
"Oh, and it only invades the privacy of criminals, so no sweat."
WRONG.
My DNA (information on it) is my personal property. I would have to consent or otherwise be compelled (I'm a reasonable suspect and a judge orders me to hand it over) to release that information.
Otherwise, it's an invasion of my privacy. Just like my medical records are private.
And the idiotic line "If you have nothing to hide......" would mean the end of the entire concept of privacy and private information if that logic were applied.
2006-12-10 03:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it invades the privacy of any individual that doesn't WANT to give a sample. There's nothing wrong with a voluntary database, though even that could be open to misuse.
2006-12-09 15:06:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it invades the private of everyone who is forced to give a sample. The police have to show probable cause to a judge before compelling someone to give that sort of sample. If they think I'm guilty of something then they should get a warrant.
2006-12-09 13:27:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Right. And they could determine who has a predisposition to suffer schizophrenia or depression and keep those individuals under watch and perhaps stop them from reproducing.
And the government could decide who is too genetically defective to live, or who has good genes and should be given a great job.
The potential for abuse is just too great.
2006-12-09 13:36:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is an invasion of privacy even if people aren't criminals, and one more freedom people would give away.
2006-12-09 13:34:24 · answer #5 · answered by tsopolly 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah and then insurance companies could use it to find out who has higher risks for certain disease and then charge those people higher premiums...sounds like a great plan.....
2006-12-09 15:33:36 · answer #6 · answered by discmiss1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not a bad idea (y)
2006-12-09 13:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by richard bucket 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋