England to Use Thought Police on All Children
OK, so that is the title I came up with for this story. You can see their title below. I'd say mine is more appropriate.
You know that I love looking at the UK since many policies in our country are leading us down the path that they took. Please tell me this scares the bejeezus out of you:
Children Could be Monitored for Signs of Criminal Behaviour
All children could face compulsory checks to discover if they are at risk of turning into criminals, the Prime Minister announced today...
The Government's plan to prevent crime said: "Establish universal checks throughout a child's development to help service providers to identify those most at risk of offending...
"Service Providers"? What the hell does that mean? How would you identify if an eight year old is "at risk of offending" and on the verge of becoming an axe murderer? Tiny waterboards? Ink blot tests?
Government Child Pre-Crime Specialist: "SUZY! WAKE UP! [splash of water in her face] TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE!"
The article finished up with this:
The review also appeared to advocate further expansion of the DNA database when it suggested including "all suspected offenders who come into contact with the police".
Currently anyone arrested for a recordable offence in England and Wales must give a DNA sample - which remains on record even if they are not charged, or are acquitted.
Read that last sentence again...
They want to expand the DNA database even though they can already enter people who were never even charged with a crime!
That's England for you! I don't know about you, but I'd like to stick with privacy, individual responsibility, and small government, thank you very much.
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"How would you identify if an eight year old is 'at risk of offending' and on the verge of becoming an axe murderer?"
Obviously, doing so is somewhat silly. But, to answer your question pragmatically (and by "pragmatically," I mean how I'm 99% sure such "universal checks" will play out, not how I would execute such a ludicrous concept if it was my charge): profiling. I would imagine such profiling will be primarily based on race and family income. Sad but true.
You know Nick, I'm not so sure. That would make sense if they thought about it logically (not saying it's right, just that it makes sense), however, they'll be so PC-crazy about it that they won't use those measures and focus on really innocent and unrelated stuff.
I'm more worried about the fact that I know I drew a shitload of airplane fighter doodles shooting each other when I was in elementary school.
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