The nursery rhyme police

[unclesam]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23374380-details/The+nursery+rhyme+police+-+parents+to+take+lessons+in+reading+and+singing/article.do

Heres a current event for ya. I definitely will not be visiting or moving there. Heres a snippet.


The nursery rhyme police - parents to take lessons in reading and singing
13.11.06
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Children's Minister Beverley Hughes
Parents could be forced to go to special classes to learn to sing their children nursery rhymes, a minister said.

Those who fail to read stories or sing to their youngsters threaten their children's future and the state must put them right, Children's Minister Beverley Hughes said.

Their children's well-being is at risk 'unless we act', she declared.

And Mrs Hughes said the state would train a new 'parenting workforce' to ensure parents who fail to do their duty with nursery rhymes are found and 'supported'.

The call for state intervention in the minute details of family life followed a series of Labour efforts to reduce anti-social behaviour and improve educational standards by imposing rigorous controls on the lives of the youngest children.

[lost1]

It looks like the beginning of a modern "Hitler Youth" organization. I suspect this is only the start. I really wonder about those who believe it "Can't happen here".

[JeffColorado]

Its enough to make you puke!

[jim]

Well after all, they know sooooooo much more than we govt. slaves do. ::)

jim

[Steve90]

I Didn't vote for them. >:(
Hope they don't get voted in next time either.

[Catalpa]

How absolutely assinine! Pretty soon they won't be able to use the bathroom without "support".

What a sad, sad decline from the strong nation that survived and triumphed Hitler's bombing raids.

These folks don't need government intervention, they need strong churches, families, and lots of after-school chores.

[CarolAnn]

What a hoot! I think she's hilarious!
Just goes to show they got some pretty goofy preachers in the UK too.
Remember that evangelist that was preaching one of the Telletubbies was promoting homosexuality because it carried a purse? (It does have kind of a "boy" voice, but Telletubbies are non-gender, imaginary TV space aliens designed for kids too young to talk.) Those types just crack me up! (Both the preachers of that sort and the Teletubbies - they're about on the same IQ level!)
::)

I guess she got some publiciy as doofus of the week, though, huh?

[DaNgEr_KiTtY]

i think all children should also say the martyrs prayer at night along with the palestinian children.

[bee_pipes]

...Remember that evangelist that was preaching one of the Telletubbies was promoting homosexuality because it carried a purse?...


Ah, that would be Mr. Falwell. Pretty scary when a fellow has the public's attention and says anything that comes to mind. After the telletubby incident he went on to say that the antichrist was already alive and among us, and was no doubt a jewish fellow. No telling how many folks caught grief over that little revelation.

Regards,
Pat

[unclesam]

Heres another one , I feel sorry for those folks who have to live in the UK.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2016134.ece

DNA of suspects' families to be held on police files
By Marie Woolf and Sophie Goodchild
Published: 26 November 2006
Relatives of suspects in criminal investigations are to face having DNA tests and their confidential medical records released to the authorities if they refuse to co-operate with the police.

Internal government guidelines on the use of the DNA database seen by The Independent on Sunday instruct the police to ask for medical files belonging to the relatives of criminals so their blood and tissue samples can be tested for DNA.

The secret document, prepared for police forces by the Home Office, reveal that families of suspects, and those with similar genes, are being targeted by investigators.

The guidelines show how people on the DNA database with similar genetic make-up to suspects are being approached by the police. They are then asked for the names and addresses of their relatives who will be swabbed for DNA.

Police sources said that using the DNA database to track down suspects through their families was a crucial policing tool. Around eight convictions for rapes and sexual assaults have been gained after a suspect was traced through a relative whose DNA was on the national database.

The confidential document admits there is "significant public concern" about the use of "familial searching" which involves testing people who have never come into contact with the law. It shows that people the police believe are related to criminals are being asked to give DNA samples - sometimes covertly. If they refuse, they could see their medical records released so that stored tissue samples, including blood, can be genetically tested by the police.

The guidance says officers can pretend they are doing a general DNA "sweep" when asking for swabs from people they believe are related to a suspect. And it says that people who refuse to give DNA samples should be regarded as suspicious.

Civil liberties campaigners said yesterday that obtaining medical records of relatives not suspected of committing a crime was an infringement of privacy.

Shami Chakrabati, director of Liberty, said: "Sloppy legislation and even sloppier ethics are creating a DNA free-for-all from which no one's intimate details are adequately protected. This is what happens when politicians and police decide that our rights and freedoms don't matter."

The Labour MP Ian Gibson said: "This technique is not precise. It's quite possible you could have a DNA match by accident. There is no evidence that criminal behaviour runs in families."

Relatives of suspects in criminal investigations are to face having DNA tests and their confidential medical records released to the authorities if they refuse to co-operate with the police.

[bee_pipes]

Ya know, if it was just a matter of having DNA on file for crime solving, I could give a crap. They already have my finger prints.

Problem is, it doesn't just stop there. Incompetent government bureaucrats, corruption, and the money muscle of big business make it a scary proposition. My last job was working with medical claims, and the insurance companies were salivating at the thought of identifying genetic predispositions to preexisting ailments. Can you imagine? What about someone predisposed to addictive behavior? Hard-sell marketing by tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceutical companies? They aren't going to be happy until they have us programmed like little machines. Work, eat, sleep, consume, and pro-create little consumers.

At this point the technology can only identify and match. What happens when they can cook it up in a test tube? Our individual DNA is supposed to be a unique map for our entire construction, from hair to toe-nails. When you can cook the stuff in a lab, who's to say we can't be replaced? That also take us out of the pro-creation loop, the only compensation we will have as little machines.

Maybe it's a mercy we don't live any longer than we do... I don't trust the same people with information like this - the same people that lose CDs full of VA records, laptops with census information, and entire databases of consumer credit and employee information.

Regards,
Pat