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At least one could argue that a person has a choice: to commit or not to commit a crime. But a newborn does not have a choice to have its DNA collected. This is
by cft 8y ago
At least one could argue that a person has a choice: to commit or not to commit a crime. But a newborn does not have a choice to have its DNA collected. This is the worst violation of privacy I have ever read about in my life. And I find not that surprising that CA is one of the few states where this is practiced.
- blattimwind 8y ago> This is the worst violation of privacy I have ever read about in my life. I dimly remember some private schools using school laptops to take naked photos of their underage students.
- cft 8y agoBut that was probably criminal and not mandated at the state level! It makes me very very scared of the benevolence and of the thought process of CA government.
- DanBC 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School... It was pretty bad. Especially because an intern raised concerns beforehand, and those concerns were dismissed as alarmist.
- bigbugbag 8y agoActually pretty much everybody has committed a crime, sometimes unwittingly but still.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoOnly they take it when you were arrested, not when you are convicted. Anyone can get arrested - it doesn't take you committing a crime for this to happen. Innocent people get arrested. Sometimes, folks are accidentally guilty. Bag of drugs in your back seat, dropped by that workmate you drove to lunch? It is your problem now. Not to mention the way the system is run in the US, innocent people wind up convicted. Some folks convict themselves voluntarily because getting arrested and waiting in jail for a trial can do some major life damage.