Did Oceania Have This?

[Vincent A. Maeder]

Well, now wait a minute there buckaroo... there is a huge difference
between a medical record kept (presumably) safe amongst the slabs of
paper contained in one hospital of thousands... those pieces of paper
are not electronically connected to the government (at least not yet
though they is working on that one) and the issue of some independent
company coming in and being able to ident the kids tastes and desires
and probably turn around and sell off little slices of Johnny and Julie
to other corporations... AND, in addition to the other posts on this
issue, might I say that what in the world is the anti-terrorist
advantage of fingerprinting grade schoolers? 

My point being, at what point do we say my private life is my private
life?  

Then there is that whole HIPPA-beast thing which is crashing down on
docs and hospitals and drug companies and lawyers and costing billions
specifically because of political and corporate interests in collecting
data and selling that data, respectively... 

V.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris
>>I understand your sentiment, but did your kids get their footsies
ink-printed on their birth certificates?  Did you try to stop that
intrusion?  And now that DNA provides evidence not beyond, but at least
equal to an eye-witmess or a fingerprint, why shouldn't every citizen
who wants a driver's license be required to provide DNA-print?  Here in
the New Orleans/Baton Rouge area we just caught up to a serial killer of
at least six women all linked only through the rapist's DNA.  Is that a
bad thing?