Call for Voluntary National DNA Database

In response to the Guardian article, Suspect Nation, on the national DNA database, by Stuart Jefferies

If a serious crime (e.g. rape, murder, burglary) were committed in my street and the police thought that DNA profiling of all the (male) residents would lead to discovering the perpetrator, I would not just be happy, but keen to offer a sample, as I imagine most other residents would be too. Now, replace "street" with "country", where serious (sometimes abominable) crimes are being committed every single day.

What's needed is a VOLUNTARY DNA DATABASE, free of the stigma associated with convicted or suspected criminals. A database that voluntary participants can be proud to be in. The suspects then will be those who aren't in it.

I read that the Prime Minister volunteered his own DNA. I want to volunteer mine too. Only I don't want it placed in the same database as convicted criminals, but in a separate "voluntary DNA database". And I want a big badge to pin to my chest so that others know that I'm in it, that I am not a criminal and have no criminal deeds to hide.

My draft "Voluntary Identity File": http://www.spaceship-earth.org/PoS/My_ID.htm

My homepage: http://www.spaceship-earth.org

The article, "Suspect Nation" plus all comments, including more of my own, at The Guardian.

To: Comment at the Guardian Re: Call for a VOLUNTARY NATIONAL DNA DATABASE Date: Sunday 29 October 06

In response to the Guardian article, Suspect Nation, on the national DNA database, by Stuart Jefferies If a serious crime (e.g. rape, murder, burglary) were committed in my street and the police thought that DNA profiling of all the (male) residents would lead to discovering the perpetrator, I would not just be happy, but keen to offer a sample, as I imagine most other residents would be too. Now, replace "street" with "country", where serious (sometimes abominable) crimes are being committed every single day. What's needed is a VOLUNTARY DNA DATABASE, free of the stigma associated with convicted or suspected criminals. A database that voluntary participants can be proud to be in. The suspects then will be those who aren't in it. I read that the Prime Minister volunteered his own DNA. I want to volunteer mine too. Only I don't want it placed in the same database as convicted criminals, but in a separate "voluntary DNA database". And I want a big badge to pin to my chest so that others know that I'm in it, that I am not a criminal and have no criminal deeds to hide. My draft "Voluntary Identity File": http://www.spaceship-earth.org/PoS/My_ID.htm My homepage: http://www.spaceship-earth.org The article, "Suspect Nation" plus all comments, including more of my own, at The Guardian.