Re: Cloning opposition

Chris Hind (chind@juno.com)
Tue, 04 Mar 1997 00:11:55 -0800


my inner geek said:
>Please don't take this as mean-spirited, but I can actually imagine
>pop-singer Michael Jackson having himself cloned in volume.

Phil Goez said:
>I was trying to give an example to a friend of the dangers of cloning.
>I said, "Well, suppose Pamela Anderson or whoever the reigning supermodel
>is could license out the rights to her genetic code. Then parents might
>make their daughters clones of Pamela Anderson, and you'd have millions
>of cloned supermodels running about... um... Actually, that would be a
>benefit, wouldn't it?"

Then Lee Daniel Crocker said:
>> Please don't take this as mean-spirited, but I can actually imagine
>> pop-singer Michael Jackson having himself cloned in volume.
>
>But then, why would he want children to look like him when /he/
>doesn't even want to look like him?

and

>Of course, if you think Pamela Anderson owes most of her looks to
>genetics, you're either a Lamarckian or badly informed :)

WOW! Is this mailinglist actually beginning to develop a sense of humor?
No! It can't be! People are actually taking things lightly???? Great!

"Risk: You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore."

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