A reproductive Ethics question
POSTED BY: Fletch2
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 18:19
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Quote:Um...PR, why are we discussing this right now?
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I see no reason to advertise the fact. What are you going to do? Sit a five year old down to explain the Facts of Life? So you can traumatize them by saying you're not really their mommy??? How stupid would that be? There's a reason most people aren't told they're adopted until they're a bit older and able to handle it. Once out of the 'endless teasing' stage of school I think is a good time.
Cause it was in THE NEWS??? This type of first will be watched, and reported on, and the child will be famous to a degree. No way will the child/children of such science NOT grow up knowing the facts. Understanding them? Okay, so that will come in the seven year-old area. But that's also the beginning of the teasing time. By High School, the kid will get a gun, and.....
Worst case Chrisisall
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Quote:Kids feel threatened by intelligence.
Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I was ripped on in high school and I don’t even know why.
That's why I went the martial arts route
No prob in H.S. Chrisisall
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Quote:How about those cloned twin boys in Alaska? They're only five, and both stand almost five feet tall. Genetically superior. Dark Angel for real!
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Next they'll be turning men into women... Wha?... No... They did that already....
The mind boggles..
(S**T! I forgot! It's not generally known....)
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I posted it to see if anyone thought there would be a problem and I'm glad to see that most people are ok about it. In truth we are all a product of our parents and ultimately of our grandparents. The X chromosome that a girl has in her eggs came in effect from her mother and before that from her grandmothers, so while the eggs are not "her" eggs they are about as close as you can get genetically to being hers.
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
the child will be famous to a degree. No way will the child/children of such science NOT grow up knowing the facts.
Nonsense. Ten years from now no one will even remember. And it's not new science, just a new application thereof, if you can even call it that. If this girl is smart, she'll make her choice quietly, without alerting the media. The Ethics Police are already chewing it over, so she doesn't need to go to them if/when she wants a child. I understand that it's in the news, that's all fine, whatever. What I don't understand is why it's a big deal.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A troll's hair is still pointy, even when it's wearing a hat.
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Quote:It is. I was just goin' for the big debate here. My worst case scenario probably wouldn't come to pass.
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Nonsense.
And ethically speaking- there's really no discussion to be had, it's just another form of conception- no big deal.
The serious Chrisisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A troll's hair is still pointy, even when it's wearing a hat.
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