(September 28, 2018 at 3:32 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: The civil liberties people would probably have a fit but I personally think it should be mandatory to give a DNA sample to be entered into a national database.
Not just for this reason but it would be easier to identify victims of crimes or disasters.
Let the bemoaning of "Big Sister" start now...
Convicted felons here already have to give a DNA sample to the government. Since most felons are repeat offenders some crimes are solved that way.
If The Man (meaning gov't authorities) wants my DNA sample, they'll have to drag me kicking and screaming to get it. And I couldn't care less about what were the ethnicities of my ancestors hundreds of years or millennia ago so I'll never send my DNA into one of those website who claim to determine that for you.
I think there will come a time when most people willingly give up their DNA and we'll all be in a database, but hopefully I'll be long dead by then.
-Teresa
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