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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:49 PM Original message |
Make Way for Designer Babies |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because parenting has nothing to do with how the child turns out as a adult! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gattaca, here we come! nt |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That's the first shit that crossed my mind. Good God. n/t |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. OMG! If humans ever becoming as boring as that POS, we're doomed |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Great movie. My hubby didn't figure out what the name of the movie |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. actually Hitler did try to do that many years ago..... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He lacked the control that we now have with current science, though. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are we paving the way for a Trek-style Eugenics war? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Get me a Ricardo Montalban type. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. KHAAAAANNNN!!!! |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hello... Pelosi...? |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Why???? nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. I see the luddites are already freaking out... n/t. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Because giving the plutocrats even more advantages over the masses is OK. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. They can only select for identifiable traits that are ALREADY THERE. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. You get what you get |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Where do you draw the line? If it is possible to eliminate or negate a trait (say, susceptibility |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I'm not sure how drawable such a line is |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. "Is humanity mature enough to handle the power that science is giving us?" |
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ozu (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Ha. Seriously. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. hell no. humanity? The very last American Jaguar died this week. gone. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Not from the Contintent |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. ok. I googled it. It was the last one in the country. I thought it said continent. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is interesting... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. This naziism needs to be stopped now! |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. self-delete |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. I can se doing this for the sex of the child |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I don't think the idiots of the world should determine policy. You don't structure something |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. hmmm, did you live next to my stupid, fundy step brother-in-law? |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well if he lived in Simi Valley in the 60's |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Maryland in the 80s. Probably still there. I guess they're legion |
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rebecca_herman (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I mostly agree |
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rolltideroll (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. I see nothing wrong with this |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. But but but [insert logical fallacy of your choice here]! (nt) |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. No. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. I'm sorry. Wut? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. This is one of those "leave your logic at the door" topics (nt) |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. If this was a free service, then you might have a point. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. it usually starts with something simple and easily digestible by the public |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Four words: none of my business. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I try to stick by this one as well |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. I want a daughter with looks of Julie Delpy and the brains of Richard Feynman.. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. Do they offer any that change their own diapers and clean their room? And, have a warranty? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. I want one with Downs, autism, and... red hair. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. I don't have a problem with this |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. I can only hope that... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. Scientists will be able to transfer genes from non-human life forms to embryos for many purposes, |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Why would that matter to anyone but the parents? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That's why I asked the question. n/t |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. what a fucked up world and fucked up people |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. Genetically Enhanced Plutocracy, here we come! |
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Bonescrat (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. I want one with purple stripes. Or one that glows in the dark! nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. This is such utter sensationalist (poorly reported) tripe. The technology ISN'T there yet, for one |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
54. You know, it is doubtful that alot of people there know what attributes |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
55. Tentacles? Can I get tentacles yet? |
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