Slashdot Mirror
UC Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA
peterofoz writes "The students will be asked to voluntarily submit a DNA sample. The cotton swabs will come with two bar code labels. One label will be put on the DNA sample and the other is kept for the students' own records. The confidential process is being overseen by Jasper Rine, a campus professor of Genetics and Development Biology, who says the test results will help students make decisions about their diet and lifestyle." No word in the story on just what "confidential" means — who will have access to the results, how long they'll be kept, or what else they might someday be used for. Will the notoriously liberal Berkeley campus see this as a service or an invasion of privacy?
Nope. Despite the propaganda put out by certain groups that do think in lock-step, liberals are fairly... liberal in their thinking. Liberals don't tend to hold the view that things are perfect just the way they are. Upholding the status quo means thinking the same thing: everything is peachy just the way it is and the old ways are best. Instead, liberals are open to new ideas and new ways of looking at the world, so they tend to be more eclectic in their thoughts and ideals than some other groups.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Please leave your DNA in the school nurse...
FTFY
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
The "fine" is there for when you require the use of emergency hospital services, and probably won't be able to pay for it because you lack insurance.
>>>(Score:1, Flamebait)
Somebody lacks a sense of humor. The previous two posts were both JOKES. Duh.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Anonymous Coward wrote:
Well, you're a fucking moron, and generally deserve any downmodding you get, jackass.
I dare you to post those comments while logged-in. Stop hiding. Let us mod you -1 flamebait like you deserve.
That's because there's no actual *news* on fox, fuckface.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.