Subtitled: DNA is your friend - especially if you’re an authoritarian government

God bless Her Majesties Benevolent Government ^tm ‘eh…. always looking to protect her loyal subjects, even if it’s at the expense of the privacy of future loyal subjects who may, or may not, ever commit a crime [let alone a violent one] in their entire lives but who will end up in the policeman’s database anyway.

You may recall a post we made in February of last year about the government in Britain trying to force everyone over the age of 16 to deposit their finger prints into a government database….. well, the home of big brother is at it again.

Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain’s most senior police forensics expert.

Gary Pugh, director of forensic sciences at Scotland Yard and the new DNA spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said a debate was needed on how far Britain should go in identifying potential offenders, given that some experts believe it is possible to identify future offending traits in children as young as five.

What parent in their right mind would allow the police to take DNA samples of their five year old because of something her or she may have done at kindergarten?

By the Daghda’s great red beard (since it’s St. Patties Day and all) will they be taking spit samples from kids for playing “you show me your’s and I’ll show you mine” behind the garbage bins at recess now just in case one or more of the players turn into prostitutes?

‘If we have a primary means of identifying people before they offend, then in the long-term the benefits of targeting younger people are extremely large,’ said Pugh. ‘You could argue the younger the better. Criminologists say some people will grow out of crime; others won’t.‘

(emphasis mine)

And what about the DNA samples taken from those who “grow out” of their potentially criminal ways? At what point do those records disappear, or, having been identified as a potential criminal at the tender age of 5 (or younger) are they consigned to the database forever …. just in case.

Hell, why bother going through all the muss and fuss of waiting until they go to school and trying to catch the little beggars exhibiting signs of future criminal behaviour, I mean after all, the truly devious future criminal just might be crafty enough right from the moment of birth to evade detection - better grab a sample as soon as they pop out just in case ‘eh?

– and don’t forget to grab a ‘wee bit of mummy while she’s laying there on her back and not paying much attention to what’s going on….. who the hell knows what she might do later on and it’s always better to be safe than sorry ain’t it?

It’s no friggen wonder films like 1984, Children of Men, and V For Vendetta, are set in Britain is it?

According to Pugh

We have to find who are possibly going to be the biggest threat to society.

Government intrusion into peoples lives based on what the government psychologist thinks they might do at some point in the future……. I think we already know the answer to your question Mr. Pugh, the people who represent the biggest threat to a free society are people just like you.

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