2008 Woodie Awards
We can clone it for you wholesale
Soheil Rezaee
Issue date: 5/27/08 Section: Opinion
With the introduction of animal cloning into society, it won't be long before scientists are successful in cloning a human being. There have been growing concerns surrounding the morality and ethics of such a practice, and this is holding back the advancement of the technology.
First off, to say that cloning animals is the equivalent to playing God is completely illogical. Human life is created as a result of two people engaging in sexual intercourse with the intent of producing a child … that, or the condom broke. As a result, a child born naturally can either be seen as a blessing or Exhibit A in the lawsuit against the condom manufacturer.
One must first look at the benefits that cloning may offer to civilization before making any objection. To deny humanity such a technological advancement would be like opposing research into a cure for cancer. It is always important to explore what new technologies might be able to offer us.
Human cloning might present a cure for cancer or any other disease that modern medicine cannot solve. But why stop with cures when cloning could be used to improve the human body? No longer would lazy people have to shoot up steroids, so long as parents had their children's DNA modified.
Society could use cloning to create an army of specially made servants to do dirty work for us. Imagine having a clone servant that has been genetically programmed to fix cars, cook gourmet food, perform spotless cleaning services and even plumb your pipes.
With human cloning and further advancements in genetics technology, any household could have the best protection available without owning a weapon. Why buy a gun when you could have your own cloned killing machine? With that as your protection, it's guaranteed that any threat will be taken care of silently and without the mess that comes with using a gun.
It should also be considered how this technology might be used to benefit the military. No longer would young people have to fight and die in war when the military could simply utilize its army of cloned super soldiers. It might also be possible to alter their thought processes so as all they know how to do is kill without question.
First off, to say that cloning animals is the equivalent to playing God is completely illogical. Human life is created as a result of two people engaging in sexual intercourse with the intent of producing a child … that, or the condom broke. As a result, a child born naturally can either be seen as a blessing or Exhibit A in the lawsuit against the condom manufacturer.
One must first look at the benefits that cloning may offer to civilization before making any objection. To deny humanity such a technological advancement would be like opposing research into a cure for cancer. It is always important to explore what new technologies might be able to offer us.
Human cloning might present a cure for cancer or any other disease that modern medicine cannot solve. But why stop with cures when cloning could be used to improve the human body? No longer would lazy people have to shoot up steroids, so long as parents had their children's DNA modified.
Society could use cloning to create an army of specially made servants to do dirty work for us. Imagine having a clone servant that has been genetically programmed to fix cars, cook gourmet food, perform spotless cleaning services and even plumb your pipes.
With human cloning and further advancements in genetics technology, any household could have the best protection available without owning a weapon. Why buy a gun when you could have your own cloned killing machine? With that as your protection, it's guaranteed that any threat will be taken care of silently and without the mess that comes with using a gun.
It should also be considered how this technology might be used to benefit the military. No longer would young people have to fight and die in war when the military could simply utilize its army of cloned super soldiers. It might also be possible to alter their thought processes so as all they know how to do is kill without question.
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Josh
posted 5/27/08 @ 10:17 PM PST
The sad thing is that some people actually think like this, and believe this would be a likely future if human cloning were to be legalised.
The key things people need to know about cloning are:
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