One of the obstacles of urban life is dog... what shall I
call it?... "mess". You
always have to keep one eye on the pavement as you walk along in case you tread
in a foul-smelling and shoe-ruining piece of excrement a dog has left behind.
This is also a health hazard for children who can catch diseases from it that
can leave them blind and brain damaged. Despite their undoubted high
intelligence, their ability to fetch newspapers, assist the police in manhunts
and guide blind people across the road, for some reason the simple task of
using a humble household water closet is beyond the capability of dogs. However,
I've noticed in recent years this problem has eased significantly because of
the increased use of "poo bags" and the installation of public
dustbins to put it in. Local authorities now impose penalties on dog owners who
don't clean up after their canine friends. It's now regarded as common courtesy
to pick up anything your dog leaves behind and if you don't do it, even if you
don't get fined you'll probably get a scolding from passers-by. As far as I'm
concerned that should be the end of the matter... but oh no it's not, we have
to bring in DNA scanning! This is currently being trialled in Naples ,
Italy
You might ask why this is a bad thing? After all, it will
make the urban environment much safer, nicer-smelling and more hygienic.
However, the concern is that this practice could be used as a pilot scheme for
something more sinister; DNA databases that can be extended to cover other
species, including humans. This might sound unlikely right now, but the idea of
putting microchips in human bodies sounded bizarre a few years ago when it was
completely acceptable to put them in dogs' bodies. If plans are being tried out
in dogs first when the intention is to inflict them on humans then we can
perhaps see a database of human DNA at some time in the future; indeed there is
already one for people arrested by the police for an offence as petty as
littering with chewing gum, and forensic artists have gone as far as to make a
facial fit from DNA evidence alone, see: http://blogs.redorbit.com/think-twice-about-spitting-out-your-gum/.
There is an agenda to create a database state using advanced technology that
did not exist when George Orwell wrote 1984;
and if it had it would have made Big Brother's job so much easier, see: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/all-people-to-be-microchipped-within.html.
You might argue that this shows I don't care about dog droppings defacing our
pavements and that I don't want to do anything to stop it happening. But, as
I've pointed out, this issue has been almost solved already in the United
Kingdom without
resorting to biometric and DNA state imposition. Why can't Naples
just do the same as us?
No comments:
Post a Comment