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A world of human clones?
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| Sunday, February 15, 2004
| Charles J. Dougherty
Posted on 02/15/2004 10:35:15 AM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:35:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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There was news last week that scientists in South Korea have succeeded in cloning a human embryo. Their reported intent is to extract stem cells from the cloned embryos for research and therapeutic purposes, not to produce cloned babies. But if these accounts are accurate, the world is a large step closer to reproductive cloning. What would a world with human clones be like?
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: clones; cloning
To: Willie Green
Interesting food for thought, this one. Bump for later when (hopefully) I can think about the issue a little more clearly...
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posted on
02/15/2004 10:54:22 AM PST
by
KangarooJacqui
("When do you drink vodka?" "Whenever" - The Breakfast Club)
To: Willie Green
CLONES?
Clones you ask?
What would CLONES be like ?????
Duaahhhh!
All you got to do is LOOK at the liberals...They are all a bunch of mindless clones!
We live in a world of clones already!
Go to the next Kerry rally ... You will seea room filled with clones!
So whats the big deal?
I have to watch clones every night on the network news!
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posted on
02/15/2004 11:01:38 AM PST
by
Jack Armstrong
(a Post Modern America adrift in the Dark)
To: Willie Green
My dream was to clone Kathy Ireland (do something about the voice). Then I realized the clone would be a
baby, and some of the, um, excitement was lost.
--Boris
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posted on
02/15/2004 11:37:00 AM PST
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: Willie Green
Except for lab animals (I can see some advantage to testing different substances on genetically identical animals) what is the point of cloning?
YOUR GENES ARE NOT THAT SPECIAL!
And why would you want to deliberately saddle a child with your physical problems? Far better to have a child the regular way with a mate that is (hopefully) either smarter, better looking, more healthy or saner then you are.
What really worries me is the possibility of clones being classed as other then the "late born twins" that they are. What they did in South Korea is gut wrenching. They killed a child. Just for his cells. And that, to them, is just peachy.
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posted on
02/15/2004 11:55:30 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Don't try to tug at my heart strings. I have no heart and I will only be suspicious of your motives)
To: Jack Armstrong
LOL, good one.
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Except for lab animals (I can see some advantage to testing different substances on genetically identical animals) what is the point of cloning?The Gay/Lesbian lobby will love it as way to pretend that they can have a normal family.
What they did in South Korea is gut wrenching. They killed a child. Just for his cells. And that, to them, is just peachy.
Can you provide a reference? Given other societies' lack of reverence for life, I can believe it. I just want to know for sure.
To: Clock King
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posted on
02/15/2004 12:35:48 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Don't try to tug at my heart strings. I have no heart and I will only be suspicious of your motives)
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