2007-09-27 12:45:19 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
In England and Wales, every DNA sample is kept for future comparison, in Scotland where I live, DNA samples are destroyed after comparison!
Scottish law is different by the way!
I completely see why it's a great idea for solving crimes etc, but I can't help seeing it as an invasion of privacy, that a DNA sample you could have given 15 years ago can still be used!
2007-09-27 12:59:45 · update #1
If a sample was taken at birth, wouldn't we be giving away our childrens freedom?
At the end of the day, if the government has all our DNA, can we even say we live in a free country?
2007-09-27 13:02:53 · update #2
If every person is on a DNA database, we can no longer move around or associate with any sort of anonymity.
If baby's were to be tested at birth and added to the database, you can guarantee that somebody would soon come up with the idea of sampling before birth in all pregnancies to identify the children that would be prone to certain illnesses in later life. The next step from there is genetic counselling and then abortion of such foetuses. The other thing to think of is how long it would be before the insurance companies demanded access to the database to assess risk of individuals. You then end up with insurance provisions and exceptions based on genetic prevalence for illnesses, whether or not you succumb in later life.
Another idea put forward from time to time is putting chips in newborns so that they cannot be taken out of hospital wards. This may sound feasible but removing the chip would cost more than inserting it as a surgical procedure would be needed. So, before too long, nobody bothers to remove the chips, selling the public on the idea that it is a good thing because if they were found unconscious, the hospital would be able to treat them immediately as they would be able to match the chip to your medical history file.
The big problem here is that the security readers in shops could easily be rewired to read your chip as you entered and match your ID to your purchases. It would also be almost impossible to avoid detection when every building you enter has the potential to report your whereabouts.
Sorry to be a doomsayer but someone needs to point out the negatives.
2007-09-28 01:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by John R 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question
It is an invasion of privacy and so it should be, if you want to commit a crime then you should have your privacy invaded!
Crimes could be solved quicker, and im sure it'd make many people think twice before commiting a crime....... i definitely think its a good idea, i also think its a good idea for people to have ID Cards, it'd solve so many problems and most people that complain about how goverments should cracl down on illegal immigrants and so on, are usually the ones that complain about having their privacy invaded....you cant win!
Im not an expert and im sure they'd be negatives to giving compulsory DNA samples but does our privacy really matter, as long as were not going around commiting crimes, surely it wont interfere with the percentage of people
2007-09-28 08:59:45 · answer #2 · answered by bex98 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it's an all round good idea. Until someone in the not too distant future discovers that DNA isn't quite as reliable as we thought. Now there's a thing, isn't it? Remember the unsinkable Titanic.
2007-09-27 19:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by tony testa 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you are an honest law abiding citizen then there is nothing to worry about. All this rubbish about civil liberties really does my head in. I also believe that babies and small children should be tagged with something which can be monitored by satellite and if they go missing just a flick of a switch will find them.
2007-09-27 19:50:37 · answer #4 · answered by dozyllama 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It goes against everything this country stands for. I don't want THEM knowing where I am, who I am, why I am.
I don't want THEM knowing more about me than I know about myself. I have a hole in my heart .... Insurance companies would get that information from the DNA database and charge me the Earth.
I have Asperger's Syndrome, if in the unlikely event that I'm ever charged with a crime. They'll know about that.
No and I'm mild compared with my sister's feelings about it.
2007-09-28 03:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi whipass. good question but this is a tough one. it could be seen as an infringment on human rights, but on the plus side, if you have nothing to hide and it would help in crime solving, a control of illegal immigrants and identifcation purposes ie: missing and/or dead people then its a good thing. i wouldn't have a problem with that. but i am doubtful when it comes to government scientists..lol. i don't know, this one is difficult to answer.
2007-09-27 20:01:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
this would be a gross invasion of our civil rights freedom is a wonderful thing we have fought two world wars to keep it dont let it slip away
this goverment seems to want to do away with these liberties we take for granted
remember this on election day
2007-09-28 02:27:28 · answer #7 · answered by paragong 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I fear that we won't even have any say in this matter. How do we know what they do now when they take blood from our new born babies?
When we give blood or take a blood test now...how do we know that our DNA is not recorded.?
I won't even let it bother me because..one way or another, they will get and keep it.
2007-09-27 21:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by Afi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i think they should give a DNA sample at birth, then there would be more crimes solved, no more rapists, dead bodies would be recognised straight away and burglurs would be cought from just 1 hair strand, if you arnt a criminalyou have nothing to worry about, its only the ciminals what worry about it, its all about there human rights, not the victim, its a load of balls to me.
2007-09-27 19:56:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
That would save a lot of money in the long run by allowing law enforcement to catch criminals quicker! It is a good idea!
2007-09-27 19:48:03 · answer #10 · answered by Buddie 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋