After conviction, not arrest. DNA is not a simple step from fingerprinting, because DNA offers much more about us than simple identification. It is, point in fact, the entirety of us. The "slippery slope" for abuses, from theft to misidentification, from health insurance companies demanding it to privacy is too great.
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"I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel
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