yeah sorry bout that post I totally read that wrong :P
yeah sorry bout that post I totally read that wrong :P
What the %#$&!!!
-Cid
Heh.. happens.. and that is what I thought.. but just in case... Safe rather then sorry.
STILL Updating the anime list. . . I didn't think I was that much of an anime freak! I don't even want to consider updating the manga list!
yeah my mind sorta races on topics like these. But yeah question. Where do you think the initial drive comes from? Does the Government want to know what the heck'll happen or is it just some mad scientist who's got some "brilliant" idea?
What the %#$&!!!
-Cid
maybe some scientists who heard about the number of people in the US who have always wanted a girl but had 6 boys instead. One of my freinds wants at least one girl in his life time.. but what if he is unlucky?
STILL Updating the anime list. . . I didn't think I was that much of an anime freak! I don't even want to consider updating the manga list!
Really, they can do that? Awesome. Now if only we could do something about the 'christian' gene....
Kill a christan gene? Wow, that is sick. I would rather loose anything else on my body in the most barbaric way - than loose my 'christain gene'.
I suppose there is not gene for ignorant posts? Is there?
Bipper
Nothing wrong with it. Whats the big deal unless theres too much of one sex?
I see you’ve already lost your ‘witty comeback’ gene…Originally Posted by bipper
Anyway, I was referencing an Australian show called CNNNN, which created the idea of the ‘Christian gene’ after the idea was put forward about removing the theoretical ‘homosexual gene’. This topic, pertaining to a similar premise as the CNNNN parody (i.e, the part about religious protesters) caused me to reference the ‘Christian gene’ in my reply. Of course, I could have just said “religion should stay the hell out of science”, but I felt that it would be much more entertaining to reference the show, in an attempt to pass it off as my own idea. Having failed that, namely due to my inability to leave anything alone for more than a few hours, I will simply leave with the knowledge that I was…
*runs*
Parents don't deserve that kind of control over thier children.
Why? And theyre giving it life in the first place, Why the heck cant they be picky if being pickys an option? And in the average case (when its not in China or something along those lines)what real difference will it make?
Out of mostly contrarian reasons...
I'm all for choosing your child's sex. First, societies that value men over women would no longer have a reason to kill newborn baby girls. More broadly, genetic manipulations could *eliminate* thousands of hereditary diseases. Turning some damn sea monkeys into awkward teens(I could argue that's an oxymoron) seems like a small price to pay for the greater benefit of society.
Lastly, the idea that corporations and madd scientists are out there just waiting to...uh...do stuff is sophomoric, leftist fear-mongering derived from the silly, anti-intellectual institutions that produced Captain Planet and Lex Luther. Think rationally about the most dangerous technologies currently out there such as nuclear energy. Last I checked, only twice has it been used in war and there have been less than a handful of civilian accidents related to its use.
Nobody goes about trying to intentionally destroy civilization.
Smile even though its breaking
Oh yeah, terrorists just have a lot of accidents misplacing bombs and planes...Nobody goes about trying to intentionally destroy civilization.
That is a nice summary of your post; I don't really think some cartoony mad scientist is what we have to worry about. The real people who want to kill for thier reasons are the ones to watch. So if you gave osama a nuke, do you think he would not use it on us?
I do agree with you that this technology could help medecine; but i dont think that just changing a babies sex is healthy in any way: Mentally, or Physically. It is just an opinion, and I can only base it of my own limited knowlage and morals. You can almost link it to some anti abortionists and anti-Embrionic Stem Cell Research belifes which simply belive that you shant have control over anothers life in such ways.
Bipper
No human should be allowed to play God.
Terrorists aren't scientists. Why is this a discussion about terrorism? Why would I give Osama a nuke?
Still, no terrorist is gonna use pre-natal genetic manipulation to undermine our 'values.' Everytime there is some new technology that someone doesn't like the arguement is always: well, that could help millions but there *might* be somebody, somewhere willing to do bad things. That's quite a reactionary stance.
BTW, you can't change a baby's biological sex, you can change a fetus's sex. You could also quite possibly fix a person's sex cells to reduce or eliminate unwanted genes. Unless we shant have control over our own testicles and ovaries.
Smile even though its breaking
oh please, Deciding an unborn childs sex is hardly anything near a big deal. Heck, the parents are giving it life in the first place. That sounds more like playing god than deciding to have a boy or a girl.
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