[TheForge] Criminal Background Check

[wmullett at bright.net]

Really not paranoia about big brother. Just an
understanding that things can really get screwed up.
"Facts" are sometimes what someone claims them to
be. Here is an article about FBI experts claiming
fingerprint matches - that really didn't match.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64711-2004May28.html

Probably a 1,000,000 to 1 chance of being
miss-identified - but why put myself at risk? 
Especially when I will not be doing anything that
really calls for this scrutiny.

BTW - I have since learned that this is not a state
mandate - just someone at the OHS making this rule.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:00:42 -0800
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net (on behalf
of ries <ries at riesniemi.com>)
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Criminal Background Check
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>Gotta agree- its just a fact of life, and, if any
government agency
>actually cared about you, it wouldnt make one lick
of difference
>whether they had your fingerprints or not- they
gonna get you if they
>want you...
>
>I had to get fingerprinted to be a parent chaperone
for school field
>trips, when my kids were in elementary school.
>For me, the tradeoff of actually helping kids, my
own and others,
>versus some paranoid dream of Big Brother being
after me- it was a no
>brainer. I am pretty anti- authority, but I marched
right down to the
>police station and got printed.
>
>That was some years ago, and, so far, anyway, no
jack booted federal
>agents have darkened my doorway.
>
>Ries
>
>
>On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Woolley wrote:
>
>I truly understand the reluctance to get
fingerprinted, in this instance
>it does seem unnecessary. To me the bottom line is
do you want to
>volunteer there? If so, forget about it. The FBI or
similar agency
>could have your grade school report card tomorrow
if they need it. I
>mean, are you a second story man on the weekends?
What are they really
>going to do with your prints? I can't buy ammo or
long arms in NJ with
>out getting fingerprinted. I really didn't like it
but ............
>
>
>
>
>
>wmullett at bright.net wrote:
>> I volunteer at Zoar, Ohio which is a historical
site run by the Ohio
>> Historical Society. They now require a criminal
background check of
>> all their volunteers. I don't have a problem with
that except the
>> check mandates that you must submit your
fingerprints.
>>
>> Why would anyone want to be put in that database
where some "expert"
>> might conclude that your prints match some
partials they collected?
>>
>> Walt
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