DNA AND SCIENCE

SCIENCE IS GOOD WHEN IT UTILIZES DNA. SCIENCE IS HELPLESS IN THE 'FACE' OF DNA TOO. DNA FOUND ON THE BARREL OF A GUN OPPOSED TO DNA EXPOSED ON THE MUZZLE OF THE SAME WEAPON, PAINTS THE PICTURE OF A WOMAN AT THE END OF HER LIFE. DNA CAN CONVICT CRIMINALS; IT CAN ALSO EXONERATE THEM. SUCH SCIENCE IS GOOD. ON THE OTHER HAND, DNA DETERMINES CHARACTER, WHOLLY SEPARATE FROM SCIENCE. LEWIS 'SCOOTER' LIBBY'S DNA, HIS AMANUENSIS FOR MISDEEDS, ALLOWED HIM TO MISLEAD INVESTIGATORS WHEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT CIA LEAKS, INCORPORATING A REFERENCE TO HIS BOSS, THE VICE PRESIDENT AS A SMOKE SCREEN. LIKEWISE, MICHAEL BROWN UNDER INTERROGATION ABOUT THE SLOWNESS OF FEMA'S RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA, DELIBERATELY PARSED HIS WORDS AND INTENTIONALLY MISDIRECTED ATTENTION AWAY FROM HIMSELF AND THE CORE ISSUE WHICH INVOLVED FIRST, MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS AND SECOND, THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA. THE BUCK SHOULD HAVE BEGUN WITH THE TWO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THEN BEEN PASSED ON. SCIENCE IS HELPLESS HERE BECAUSE ALTHOUGH DNA PROPOSES, MEN MAKE DEPOSITIONS. FURTHERMORE, NEITHER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH NOR ITS DATA CAN EXPLAIN WHY FREE SPEECH CAN BE PERVERTED TO SERVE CONFLICTING IDEOLOGIES. THE MUSLIMS EMPLOY IT TO JUSTIFY VIOLENCE. DEMOCRACRIES EMBRACE IT TO PROMULGATE PERSONAL OPINIONS. THE VATICAN STATES THAT "IT CANNOT OFFEND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS OF BELIEVERS." THIS POSITION IRONICALLY MISSES THE PREVALENCE OF INSULTS HURLED AT JESUS, CHRISTIANITY AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHICH ARE ROUTINELY IGNORED. I CONTEND THAT DNA SHOULD TAKE THE CREDIT FOR ALL PECULIAR, UNSCIENTIFIC EXERCISES OF FREE SPEECH.