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originally posted by: The GUT
That they initially narrowed it to "brothers" leads me to guess that they found it through one of the genealigical databases like Ancestry dot com.
They don't like to publicize that they are doing this.
originally posted by: MteWamp
There are some really sick, twisted fraks out there in the world. ANYONE who does this to a child should be executed very, very slowly, in the most inhumane way possible.
Slowly being lowered into a vat of boiling oil, vivisection, or drawing and quartering are the first things that come to mind. There just aren't words...
Or just hang him on a meat hook in the woods somewhere, and offer the girl's parents the opportunity for some therapeutic closure by means of a couple of slightly dulled straight-razors, a welding torch, a couple of Dremels and a belt sander.
Maybe they should televise it worldwide, via satellite, during Sweeps.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
While at the doctor's office, I was approached by a staff person and asked for DNA. The offer consisted of a "free" test for various genetic-based diseases.
I figured that if any lawmen wanted my DNA, it was easy enough for them to obtain it without my permission. Also figured that here was a reasonable offer that had an objective benefit, and was related to the actual procedure itself. It made sense and I did it. wtf do I have to hide???
originally posted by: The GUT
That they initially narrowed it to "brothers" leads me to guess that they found it through one of the genealigical databases like Ancestry dot com.
They don't like to publicize that they are doing this.
originally posted by: Indrasweb
a reply to: Bluntone22
This is what concerns me most about this move towards DNA harvesting and tracking etc. The "what have I got to hide" crowd terrifies me. I can only think that they lack even a modicum of imagination, have never read a history book and don't bother to pay attention to what's going on all over the world right now (I'm especially looking at you China, though I suspect the UK and probably the states are just as bad, but perhaps not as in your face about it).
With DNA samples of everyone it would be SO easy just to make ANYONE disappear anytime, and, whereas scooping somone off the street for saying bad things about the government (or throwing ink on a picture of the premier for example) may draw a lot of unwanted backlash, locking someone up for being a child murdering paedo will elicit cheers and whoops of delight from the baying masses (see MteWamp above). Go government! Thank God for DNA sampling!
And those that think this can't happen, or won't happen... I really don't know what planet you've been living on. I would go as far as to say it is not just likely to happen but GUARANTEED. This WILL be abused.
If they can they will.
Imagine if Hitler, the SS and the Gestapo had had facial recognition software and a DNA database. How much more efficient and powerful would they have been? How much more futile and impossible the resistance?
That was barely a lifetime ago... and in the West... where really bad # just doesn't happen... right?
What have you got to hide Sir? You're not doing anything wrong are you? It's just a quick swab. Painless. It'll be locked away and we probably won't even look at it. It's just a precaution. Just think of the kids! Those poor dead kids. All those paedos and murderers out there.... All those terrorists.... You don't want to be responsible for those guys getting away do you? Help us catch the bad guys... You want to help us catch the bad guys right? Cos you're not a bad guy, right?
It's really best to just get it over with before we have to start digging Sir. You never know what we might 'find'
C'mon, what have you got to hide Sir, what have you got to hide.......?