HighSpeed said:For all we now, GWB is already a clone.
Naughty Nurse said:Shudder! A potential army of him!!
Pacridge said:Hey, if you had an Army made up of GWB's wouldn't likely have any wars. I mean let's face it they'd all be doing whatever it takes to avoid combat.
Chaos10187 said:I do not agree with cloning. We had a discussion about this in English. Man should not play god. I think really bad things could happen if Cloning is researched too much further.
Pacridge said:Hey, if you had an Army made up of GWB's wouldn't likely have any wars. I mean let's face it they'd all be doing whatever it takes to avoid combat.
That's an interesting statement. "Man should not play god". I mean, that really creates an ambiguous line. If "man should not play god", does that also entail that doctors should not attempt to resuscitate a dying person because that would be playing god. A good doctor can help make the determination whether someone lives or dies by using his knowledge and skills. Should that be a reason we shouldn't have doctors or is this all just rhetoric?Chaos10187 said:I do not agree with cloning. We had a discussion about this in English. Man should not play god. I think really bad things could happen if Cloning is researched too much further.
shuamort said:That's an interesting statement. "Man should not play god". I mean, that really creates an ambiguous line. If "man should not play god", does that also entail that doctors should not attempt to resuscitate a dying person because that would be playing god. A good doctor can help make the determination whether someone lives or dies by using his knowledge and skills. Should that be a reason we shouldn't have doctors or is this all just rhetoric?
globalvision said:Naughty Nurse you say that cloning will advance, are you proposing medical advances in treating people with illness, or the actual cloning of humans
Naughty Nurse said:I was referring to medical advances. I also suspect that cloning of humns will advance too, and I'm not sure that's such a good thing.
globalvision said:medical cloning of organs to me seems to be ok. its a pity that people revert to the god issue. surely if god existed then he would not allow us to learn and undertake cloning. so the god issue for me is irrelivant
globalvision said:as for will smith, do you not find him a bit aragunt, still if u cloned him, suppose you could train him in whatever you desire.
come on someone must insult me for that kinda comment.
globalvision said:please forgive my insolence.
shuamort said:Exactly, Naughty Nurse.
The big problem with people deciding whether or not allow or ban cloning is the large amount of ignorance that surrounds cloning. Most people are familiar with Dolly the sheep that was cloned back in 1997 and see that as the only type of cloning. That cloning only entails an exact and complete replication of a living being is a complete fallacy. There are actually three different main types of cloning that need to be considered instead of a blanket statement.
1)Reproductive Cloning- Is what most people commonly think of when it comes to cloning. This is used to create a being that has the exact same nuclear DNA as the original in an attempt to recreate the original.
2)DNA Cloning-Is the transfer of a DNA fragment of interest from one organism to a self-replicating genetic element such as a bacterial plasmid. The DNA of interest can then be propagated in a foreign host cell. All of the cloning is done on a cellular level which does not involve living beings in the process.
3)Theraputic Cloning-Is the process of creating stem cells for research and possible replacement cells for damaged or diseased cells. This technology recreates cells but does not create a living being.