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NeilFawcett said:
Once again, we see people going off into the world of fantasy to prop up their point... Chemical castration? What? microchipping? huh? Report into their local police station at hourly intervals? What?
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I'm trying to illustrate that once you take steps down this road then where do you stop? You say the DNA database will make you safer - the ideas I outline above might equally do the same, hell, they might even be more effective. Does that make them acceptable or is the trade-off too great?

NeilFawcett said:
Again, the only argument you are putting foreward is some notion of liberties being eroded by some information being stored against your name with the view of making the country safer.
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And you seem to think it doesn't count somehow. But ok let's look at this again, I'll list the negatives as I see them (although there are doubtless more I've missed), you go for the positives in your reply if you wish to.
  • Cost of implementation
  • Complexity of database
  • Our Governments oft noted and lamented inability to keep hold of our personal details securely
  • The fundamental change to the presumption of guilt in our judicial system
  • The benefits being nebulous at best
  • The risk of future governments finding a way to abuse the system
  • A liberty given away is very hard to reclaim

NeilFawcett said:
What about the liberties of people to go about their daily lives and not be attacked and murdered, or their property stolen? This could all be reduced by what you are trying to prevent?
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And I'll agree it is terrible crime exists but if you think that crime will be reduced by a significant amount because criminals are afraid that since their data is on the database they'll be caught then I'd have to call you a bit optomistic.

NeilFawcett said:
Again, if you feel liberties are being eroded, explain why. But not just by some moralistic point that in reality is just a sentence. If a database held your DNA it would change your life how? It wouldn't... Other than possibly making you safer...
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It changes my life because I've given up something that is personal to me and for what is a less than certain benefit.
 
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