If nothing else, this inspires distrust in science and modern medicine among the general public and is therefore a bad thing.
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Originally Posted by Canine
The only people who really have anything to lose from that would be those who would commit a crime and be identified through DNA.
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I would not trust a government that would quietly collect DNA samples of every citizen under the presumption that they may be guilty of something in the future to restrain itself from passing unjust laws under which such a database could be used. This comes down to informed consent, and we apparently have not been allowed to exercise that right for ourselves or make the choice for our children. This may be benign now, but it could easily escalate into a more actively harmful violation of human rights on a massive scale.