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How do people feel about this? 84 taximen to be asked for DNA samples in rapist hunt

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  • #102
    dresden8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭dresden8


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    That's what I thought, but if you look at the linked article, it's very clear that no such permanent database is going to be created here. The UK has entirely jumped the shark in terms of becoming an Orwellian nightmare in recent years, I can't see Ireland ever following them down the hellish rabbit hole the Tories have pulled their country into.

    Two words.

    Fine Gael.

    More Tory than the Tories themselves.


  • #103
    dresden8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭dresden8


    As a public servant I have no faith in "the system" or the people who run it.

    They are arseholes, just like everybody else.


  • #104
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Avatar MIA wrote: »
    How is that any different to finger prints?

    Do the Gardai have everyones finger prints?


  • #105
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Everyone has fingerprints. If there are finger prints at the scene and there's a possibility you were in the vicinity then they should be able to check.

    Should everyone be fingerprinted... I'm open minded about it. If it means it's a deterrent to crime being committed I'd be inclined to agree to it.


  • #106
    Galway_Old_Man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 249 ✭✭Galway_Old_Man


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Trump for example - would anyone think it beyond the realms of possibility that he would open up a DNA database to private business? Insurance company's for example?
    It is a dangerous thing to take your liberties for granted as they are easily lost.

    Absolutely. Perhaps (terrifyingly) Trump could even surpass Obama's abuse of DNA testing/profiling and the disastrous consequences in Pakistan/Afghanistan.
    The distrust sowed by the sham campaign in Pakistan could conceivably postpone polio eradication for 20 years, leading to 100,000 more cases that might otherwise not have occurred

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-cia-fake-vaccination-campaign-endangers-us-all/

    Thanks Obama


  • #107
    GritBiscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭GritBiscuit


    I imagine the number willing to give their DNA to the State would grow exponentially if the general public had faith that their details would be absolutely secure and guaranteed to be used honestly.


  • #108
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Leonardo Uptight Rationalist wrote: »
    Edit them to say what exactly?

    To make sense.


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