Okay...I admit that we need a method to track babies in our messed up
society, but I think the blood cord sampling is a better idea than having a
product that's over $100 playing upon parental fears.  The device that is
being marketed is not actually a tracking device, but an identification
device.  ('Just out of curiosity, how many of you want a chip implanted in
your children to track them--maybe it would be a good idea.  I'm undecided)
It also seems to me that only the really expensive cars (by my standards
of an' 88 Caravan & '90 Corolla) have these remote tracking devices.  So,
are what we saying is that only the babies of the upper and upper-middle
classes who can afford to bank their DNA are worth protecting and tracking?
My egalitarian ethos shudders at the idea that this is what is implied.
Couldn't we accomplish the DNA testing with hair samples and finger prints,
with blood typing from birth?
Chris

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