The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

THE LAST DITCH

Put young children on DNA list, urge police

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Link: Put young children on DNA list, urge police | Society | The Observer.

I am not even going to comment on the suggestion in this article. If it is not patently absurd, then Britain is finished. I link to it only to pose a question. Should the police – tasked with enforcing the laws – express public opinions on what those laws should be? Given that any debate which ensues will – by nature – be political, does it not damage the perceived impartiality essential to good policing?

I would be fascinated to hear what my favourite police blogger and his forthright band of commenters have to say on this subject.

One response to “Put young children on DNA list, urge police”

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    I don’t know, I might support this. While they are faithfully documenting the details of potential future criminals, they will have less time on their hands to shoot some innocent brown people. Maybe.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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