so how do you feel about cloning?
if you lost a beloved pet, or had a rare breed, would you duplicate it genetically if you could?
what if you lost a child, a spouse, a family member?
what about cloning plants, like monsanto's genetically engineered soybeans?
stem cell research? organ replacements?
each day when i go to work, as a nanny, i'm greeted at the door by the most unique cat i've ever met. she's a 10 mo. old bengal kitten...a rare and expensive breed that is only 6 generations removed from wild jungle cats of bengal. she's spunky, she's crazy, she's overly intelligent, she LOVES water (!), she loves people...
...and she's been cloned.
one of the parents of the kid i caretake is the ceo of a company that just celebrated the successful birth of 3 clone kitties. the dna they used was taken from my kitty friend when she was 4 mos. old. i'm so not kidding.
for $50,000 you can have your beloved mr. spooky, or fifi, cloned.
i quote the ceo as saying, "i think people are going to be surprised at how much of behavior and personality is linked to genetics."
i think he's going to be surprised how much it ISN'T.
forget the fact that i'm disgusted by the whole thing. that i think cloning your pet is, simply put, without compassion, TOTALLY FUCKING RETARDED.
i will never support cloning. i'd be willing to have a discussion about the pros and cons of stem cell research, or organ production.
but blowing $50,000 on cloning your pet is a reckless and futile attempt to escape the simple truth of life THAT EVERYTHING, EVENTUALLY, DIES. and that *gasp*...this is ok. robbing ourselves of experiencing the birth or death of something beloved is a total shame. and i won't even go into the obvious...that it wouldn't be the same being, the same spirit anyway. from day one life would start shaping that personality far differently than the identical cells of another life.
having lost so many cherished animal friends, i know how much it hurts. how i never stop missing them, how thinking about them still makes me cry. and yet, there is not a single one i would try to bring back through cloning (or any other means). life moves on, new experiences, new friends, new love moves in...and i understand the strength that comes with letting go. of the relief that spreads through my life from an open heart and a relaxed grip.
tell me what you think. and i won't chew your head off if you don't agree with me.
if you lost a beloved pet, or had a rare breed, would you duplicate it genetically if you could?
what if you lost a child, a spouse, a family member?
what about cloning plants, like monsanto's genetically engineered soybeans?
stem cell research? organ replacements?
each day when i go to work, as a nanny, i'm greeted at the door by the most unique cat i've ever met. she's a 10 mo. old bengal kitten...a rare and expensive breed that is only 6 generations removed from wild jungle cats of bengal. she's spunky, she's crazy, she's overly intelligent, she LOVES water (!), she loves people...
...and she's been cloned.
one of the parents of the kid i caretake is the ceo of a company that just celebrated the successful birth of 3 clone kitties. the dna they used was taken from my kitty friend when she was 4 mos. old. i'm so not kidding.
for $50,000 you can have your beloved mr. spooky, or fifi, cloned.
i quote the ceo as saying, "i think people are going to be surprised at how much of behavior and personality is linked to genetics."
i think he's going to be surprised how much it ISN'T.
forget the fact that i'm disgusted by the whole thing. that i think cloning your pet is, simply put, without compassion, TOTALLY FUCKING RETARDED.
i will never support cloning. i'd be willing to have a discussion about the pros and cons of stem cell research, or organ production.
but blowing $50,000 on cloning your pet is a reckless and futile attempt to escape the simple truth of life THAT EVERYTHING, EVENTUALLY, DIES. and that *gasp*...this is ok. robbing ourselves of experiencing the birth or death of something beloved is a total shame. and i won't even go into the obvious...that it wouldn't be the same being, the same spirit anyway. from day one life would start shaping that personality far differently than the identical cells of another life.
having lost so many cherished animal friends, i know how much it hurts. how i never stop missing them, how thinking about them still makes me cry. and yet, there is not a single one i would try to bring back through cloning (or any other means). life moves on, new experiences, new friends, new love moves in...and i understand the strength that comes with letting go. of the relief that spreads through my life from an open heart and a relaxed grip.
tell me what you think. and i won't chew your head off if you don't agree with me.
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hope things are well and life is treating you good. maybe ill see you at the SGB. im going saturday night!