Amos, you're so right.

Rapaire; You're busy, okay. No problem, we'll pick this up another time. Cheers.

Giok, your use of the word 'prejudices' is unworthy of you and disappointing to me.      

Shimrod, they always have and they always will, but criminals still have to be caught so why not use the best technology available?

Foolestroupe, DNA science is not and never will be a panacea. It is not a magic wand. Handpicking a few cases from the growing mountain of crime proves nothing. Forget scoring points, forget your distrust of authority for a moment and think about what this system could accomplish. If you have an open mind just look carefully over the next month or so at the serious crimes reported in your newspaper, and ask yourself how many of these could have been so easily prevented by use of a DNA & fp database.

petr, ask yourself why are the police forced to resort to using a scrappy DNA reference base when they could and should be armed with a comprehensive version.

Wolfgang, thanks for the backup, it's been sorely needed.

Peace, I guess that's a no, then? :-) Rats' asses aside, and great fun though this debate has undoubtedly been it's way past its sell-by date. Time to put it to bed, I think. Nothing left to do but saddle up an' mosey on down the trail. I'm outa here. Adios amigo,
Ythanside