{"id":685748,"date":"2010-03-08T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T21:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.campaignforliberty.com\/blog.php?view=33322"},"modified":"2010-03-08T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T21:42:54","slug":"the-dna-of-a-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/685748","title":{"rendered":"The DNA of a Police State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevin Brett<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Brown wants to expand the government-operated DNA database in the UK. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SkyNews Reports:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n <object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uUPlzxBDd1Y&amp;feature\" \/><\/object>\n <\/p>\n<p>Brown notes that the DNA database has helped to effectively prosecute offending criminals. &nbsp;As with any technological development, such a tool can be used for good or for ill. &nbsp;The problem lies not in the use of the technology itself, but in the strong-armed monopoly of force wielding the power; aka the government.<\/p>\n<p>A free-market based on voluntary endorsement and association would be most effective at regulating against unjustifiable usages of technology. &nbsp;Any breach of contract in such a circumstance would be much less devastating to the overall welfare of the populace, due to the dynamic nature of a competitive economy. &nbsp;A forceful monopoly offers no such refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevin Brett Gordon Brown wants to expand the government-operated DNA database in the UK. &nbsp; SkyNews Reports: &nbsp; Brown notes that the DNA database has helped to effectively prosecute offending criminals. &nbsp;As with any technological development, such a tool can be used for good or for ill. &nbsp;The problem lies not in the use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-685748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Sos","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}