should we all be dna tested

well here in uk its illegal to store dna profiles unless you have been convicted of a crime same as finger prints. But I would love to have everybody tested and a dna profile stored and finger prints as it would be a lot safer crime wise. Obviously there is the storage issue if the british goverment can't even keep the details of people claiming family tax credits safe then could they be trusted with dna but thats another issue.

ahh but Benny...NOBODY said it was legal here either....As I said..its been done for years...since 70's I believe, by our government- IN SECRET- to keep track of us.

in which case wish they would use it to catch a few more criminals he he he

"also at airports I don't hear a lot of people complaining about body scanners etc " You will hear it over here from a LOT of folks, again, this kind of thing is repulsive to us. In fact, I refuse to fly anymore because of security measures now being taken...and since they implimeted "wandering" security checks, I won't even go in to an airport anymore. I'm sorry, again, the cost in terms of liberty is far too great. Something like this would have been something my country's founders would have gone to war over and they would be rolling in their graves as it is to see some of the things we accept today in the name of "security". As horrible as this may sound to some, I would gladly die myself in a hundred 9/11 attacks before I would consider trading off my liberty to prevent one.

well to be honest I really don't think there is another side to dna testing and storage other than from people that worry their liberties would be infringed. I personally think there is a massive need and would in the longer term save money and time. Crime rates would drop as there would be a very high chance of being caught in crimes where DNA is left behind rapes etc etc in the case of child maintenance both for men and women paternity could be proved. Also body parts that are dug up could be identified in hours from DNA testing etc etc yeah not all DNA is unique but that's say in the uk if i committed a crime and there was lets say 3 suspects with similar DNA then the police would have 3 suspects to question istead of every person in the uk could be a suspect saving time and money and increasing the detection rate. Obviously DNA like it is now is not the only factor in deciding the guilt of somebody it would be used in conjunction with other evidence to safe guard againist innocent peoples DNA being at the crime scene.

yeah you are right no 2 fingerprints are the same but they can be very similar and to have a match in court they only need 12 points of that finger print to match. With DNA testing it would be an exact match totally identical as opposed to only asking for 12 points to match. I think unless people have something to hide then why not have their DNA taken and maybe finger prints and stored for life. Not only for crime but even dental records are useless unless the jaw area is not damaged, and of course they have gone to the dentist.

the cost of dna testing is quite minimal at point of test hence when they do the heel test on a baby to measure blood sugar that same sample could be used for dna aswell. The expensive bit is storing the information but that's no more expensive than storing the details they already have about each and every one of us. Aslong as they can keep the details secure then it would not cost a lot of money to do this.