tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post2200129134671968405..comments2024-01-08T00:40:50.918-08:00Comments on The Dragon's Tales: Genetic Engineering People: A Friday RambleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-74665516019554255252008-10-02T14:18:00.000-07:002008-10-02T14:18:00.000-07:00You're welcome, Jizzka. If you care to share your...You're welcome, Jizzka. If you care to share your position on the subject, it would be tres kewl. :DWill Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562404098136557872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-49284590182389075842008-10-02T08:34:00.000-07:002008-10-02T08:34:00.000-07:00hi, was just browsing around looking for more info...hi, was just browsing around looking for more info about genetic engineering. your post helped give me some ideas about my college health ethics project, so i just wanted to say thanks.Jizzkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668753713910459271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-66271513186513404112007-12-17T17:19:00.000-08:002007-12-17T17:19:00.000-08:00We've bred cats, dogs and horses for thousands of ...We've bred cats, dogs and horses for thousands of years. We've organised cities, farms and the flow of water over millions of acres across the globe. We've cured diseases hand over fist and at every step there was a naysayer.<BR/>Less than a 100 years ago people were saying "If man were meant to fly..."<BR/>The only thing to do is just to do it. The only thing that shuts people up and then only temporarily before they start again, is success. So the fact that people disagree with genetically engineering human beings is really inconsequential. <BR/>I bet more than 20% of people have a problem with what any other person wears on any given day yet we all wear whatever we want every day and don't stop to care. This is exactly the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02493373415052279980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-29952458772828940312007-12-17T16:12:00.000-08:002007-12-17T16:12:00.000-08:00I'm having a think about this. I'll get back to y...I'm having a think about this. I'll get back to you - maybe via comment, maybe via my own post, maybe a combination of the two. Sadly the faeces has collided with the rotating blades in a big way and my mind is a bit addled for matters of science and ethics. I suspect my blog posts over the next few days at least will be as intellectual as pointing and laughing...Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-22556117880768015052007-12-17T09:19:00.000-08:002007-12-17T09:19:00.000-08:00My Fiancée (wife in 12 more days!) and I have ver...My Fiancée (wife in 12 more days!) and I have very different views on this subject: I'm all for it, but the thought of it makes her uneasy and she's not sure why. It's not any religious reasons either, just some general unease.<BR/><BR/>We're planning on having kids in 3 - 5 years, so it's really doubtful that it will be an issue for us, but barring nuclear war I'm sure it will be an issue for the grand kids.<BR/><BR/>I really just don't see the benefits of choosing not to make your kid free from genetic disorders. The amount of pain and suffering that is currently caused by random fluxes in a genetic code dwarfs that of all wars that are going on in the world that I view not trying to remove them as morally on the same level as letting your kid die of an infection because you don't believe in using antibiotics. <BR/><BR/>It's a tool. The fact that a hammer could be used to bash someone's skull in does not mean that you should not use it to hammer in nails.Mike Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634414529649908616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-48354016737535578372007-12-15T05:40:00.000-08:002007-12-15T05:40:00.000-08:00Hi Will, I think I remember the thread you're talk...Hi Will, I think I remember the thread you're talking about and I wrote something similar not long ago, but if I remember correctly I believe I did say that I don't really have a problem with trying to cure genetically-inherited diseases. What I was against was the sort of "We can make ourselves better through modern chemistry" argument where people could potentially choose the sex, eye, color, height, appearance, etc. of their baby because of the libertarian view that we should be able to do whatever we want so long as it's not harming someone else. <BR/><BR/>Again, in the post I wasn't talking about curing diseases but about "improving" our own species by some subjective measure. That's what I have a problem with.Laelapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920782525196396058noreply@blogger.com