[plthijinx]

i see your point and agree with it. personally? i'm not sympathetic to repeat offenders. i ran into several people who, like me, did not deserve to be locked up. but the majority in prison? ohhhh yeah. when and if they make parole...only a matter of time before they are locked up again. why? one word: institutionalized. they can't handle freedom and wind up back behind bars where they are, well, most comfortable. it's sad really. some get locked back up on purpose because they can't find a decent job and would rather be locked up and have 3 hots and a cot than sleep in a shelter or starve so they will go commit another felony just to get back in the system. met several who did just that and for that reason. personally i'd rather sleep in a shelter or starve. but that's just me. back to the point of the tread though, dna profiling isn't so bad imo. i can certainly understand your point of view of it being intrusive and as sarge said "the ultimate invasion of privacy" and i do agree. my point here is that with the use of dna people that go and say commit rape on a rhesus monkey held by a nun whistling dixie will be caught. (sorry for the what i think is a funny analogy) either way, yes it's i violation of privacy but on the other hand it's useful.