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Scientists Decry "Horrifying" UK Border Test Plan
cremeglace writes "Scientists are dismayed and outraged at a new project by the UK border agency to test DNA, hair, and nails to determine the nationality of asylum seekers and help decide if they can enter the UK. 'Horrifying,' 'naive,' and 'flawed' are among the words geneticists and isotope specialists have used to describe the 'Human Provenance pilot project.' The methods being used to determine ancestry include fingerprinting of mitochondrial DNA and isotope analysis of hair and nails. ScienceInsider blog notes that it is 'not clear who is conducting the DNA and isotope analyses for the Border Agency,' and that the agency has not 'cited any scientific papers that validate its DNA and isotope methods.' There is also a followup post with more information on the tests that are being used, and some reactions from experts in genetic forensic analysis. This story was first reported in The Observer on Sunday."
The problem isn't the scientific validity of the test; the problem is the idea that an emigrant's nationality should factor into whether they should be allowed residency.
Why is that a problem, exactly?
Let me tell you a story about that: Hungary has had a lot of bloody wars and occupations in the past. By 1740, Transylvania had nowhere near the population it should have had. What's the solution to keep the economy going? Immigrants, of course! Just one problem: they brought their family, their language, and their priests. This is where it lead. Yes, Romania got a bigger chunk of Hungary after WW1 than Hungary is today. They didn't even win the war: they surrendered in 1916 when we marched into Bucharest.
I agree, but I blame that *&%$ Scottish prime minister and his cronies for it. I bet not to many of the toxic bankers are African/Asian.
When you can detect a bankers and politicians by their DNA, let me know.
The poblem with democracy is that "whoever you vote for, a politican gets elected"!
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So you're not talking about the Irish, then?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Well, Poles are at least civilized (like people from all EU countries, for that matter). Certainly the ones living NE from where I live. :) And neither have I heard of Poles bombing underground trains.
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You can always count on liberals to turn fucking everything into a race issue for no apparent reason.
Trying to confirm an asylum seeker's true nationality has nothing to do with racism.
Remember: white people are evil and should go extinct as soon as humanly possible, or at least become an insignificant minority ruled over by a superior culture, such a third world Islamic theocracy. Everyone except white people have a right to exist.