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Shattered Soul · 02-21-2004, 08:03 PM

I think the idea of "designer babies" is silly.

I have no objection to cloning in and of itself, and no problem with fixing babies by fiddling with their DNA. When it comes to health, fiddling with DNA is a good thing. Saying, "I want a girl with blue eyes and curly blonde hair, who'll be 5'9' or taller, with a fast metabolism, and a high intelligence" oy vey...takes out all the individuality.

It's not the fiddling. It's WHY the fiddling takes place. I'm not going at it from a moral viewpoint. It's just that ordering a kid like a hamburger from Burger king has a high "ick factor" for me.

02-21-2004, 08:03 PM	#5
Shattered Soul Shuttered and locked Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 97	I think the idea of "designer babies" is silly. I have no objection to cloning in and of itself, and no problem with fixing babies by fiddling with their DNA. When it comes to health, fiddling with DNA is a good thing. Saying, "I want a girl with blue eyes and curly blonde hair, who'll be 5'9' or taller, with a fast metabolism, and a high intelligence" oy vey...takes out all the individuality. It's not the fiddling. It's WHY the fiddling takes place. I'm not going at it from a moral viewpoint. It's just that ordering a kid like a hamburger from Burger king has a high "ick factor" for me. __________________ I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad...the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had....