--- SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com wrote: >
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> Whether such creatures exist elsewhere (and I'm
> quite sure they
> do), or whether people decide to create such
> creatures, I'm afraid
> the ending would be the same. Human beings, as a
> species, cannot
> even get along with their own kind. Humans often
> look down upon
> everything and everyone else, and this may well
> lead to a sort
> of "god-complex". While I have no doubt that
> fans of furry art and
such would embrace such fantastic creatures, the
> majority of the
> population would, unfortunately, either recoil in
> horror or try to
> kill the creatures. This, unfortunately, is human
> nature, to kill
> what you don't understand. It's a shame, because
> I'm sure we could
> have all progressed so much further if ignorance
> weren't holding back
> our species. As you can tell, I have little faith
> in society, and
> the many mindless sheep which seem to encompass
> it. :(
> Who knows?
> Maybe we'll all get our acts together one day...
True, if the newcomers came from outside. But, what if
they came from within?
We already have people trying to change themselves in
ways with what we have now, like the Lizard Man and
the Native American whose trying to change his
appearance to look like a tiger. And with all the
advancements in learning to grow body parts such as
bone, skin, muscles and nerves, how long will it be
before someone decides to try and combine those to
make themselves body parts they didn't have before?
I know that a lot of the research is still
experimental, and most of it will be shunted towards
the 'needy medical cases,' but how long did it take
some of the first plastic surgery techniques to become
something anyone could get done? It took just six
years for breast implants to go from the
'restricted-medical only" list to becoming something
anyone could have done if they wanted to. And with a
swedish group working on growing sections of skin with
the hair still growing on it, how long may it be
before someone decides to see if animal hair might do
the same job, if just to throw the anti-fur lobby for
a loop? All it might take is someone with a vision,
connections and a lot of funds at their disposal.
But how would humanity react to someone who gradually
changes their appearance like that? Sure, they're
treated as wierd, but do anyone consider them not
human, really? One wonders what they'll say the first
time someone gets a tail implanted, and it really
works...
Cassie Foxx
Who wouldn't mind a foxy tail of her own...
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Received on Thu Dec 05 2002 - 17:09:00 CST