I Freakin Love It
This is a quote I picked up off of the New York Times about proposal 2. I think this pretty much sums up everything that threatens the issue.
"How is making hybrids playing God? Does God make hybrids? Is breeding horses and donkeys to make mules playing God? According to the Bible God taught the likes of Adam, Moses, Abraham, David. We teach our children, (we have children) is that playing God? If Jesus is the King of Kings, then are all heads of state playing God? The other day I said "Let there be light!" And flicked a switch, was I playing God? If, ultimately, God is infinite and omnipotent, is not everything we do a kind of mimicry of God?
Just some thoughts. Hybrids? Why not? When you consider some of the crap that gets carried out (often in God's name!) I don't see that a handful of hybrid cells for research and medical purpose is so bad a thing."
Rhys Kelly, Aberystwyth,
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Oh and this comment is my favorite of the fucking decade. I think it's funny when people are passionate about something that they know absolutely nothing about.
Do you think western cultures will begin eating these human-cow hydrids? Is there a moral conflict here; if not for eating, how about killing a half human being? There are some African and Indonesian cultures that practice human cannibalization. Often these cultures develop Kuru, a prion disease which causes insanity and a fatal mad cow like syndrome. Maybe it's me, but I think we are retrogressing in human intelligence on a medical and magnified scale.
Mary, Washington, USA
Ummmmm hey Mary from Washington. Thank you for throwing yourself out there for all of the intelligent people to laugh and point at. I see even "cow-man" people are smarter and more productive than you'll ever be.
"How is making hybrids playing God? Does God make hybrids? Is breeding horses and donkeys to make mules playing God? According to the Bible God taught the likes of Adam, Moses, Abraham, David. We teach our children, (we have children) is that playing God? If Jesus is the King of Kings, then are all heads of state playing God? The other day I said "Let there be light!" And flicked a switch, was I playing God? If, ultimately, God is infinite and omnipotent, is not everything we do a kind of mimicry of God?
Just some thoughts. Hybrids? Why not? When you consider some of the crap that gets carried out (often in God's name!) I don't see that a handful of hybrid cells for research and medical purpose is so bad a thing."
Rhys Kelly, Aberystwyth,
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Oh and this comment is my favorite of the fucking decade. I think it's funny when people are passionate about something that they know absolutely nothing about.
Do you think western cultures will begin eating these human-cow hydrids? Is there a moral conflict here; if not for eating, how about killing a half human being? There are some African and Indonesian cultures that practice human cannibalization. Often these cultures develop Kuru, a prion disease which causes insanity and a fatal mad cow like syndrome. Maybe it's me, but I think we are retrogressing in human intelligence on a medical and magnified scale.
Mary, Washington, USA
Ummmmm hey Mary from Washington. Thank you for throwing yourself out there for all of the intelligent people to laugh and point at. I see even "cow-man" people are smarter and more productive than you'll ever be.