>A malformed embryo, fetus, or infant is not something to be reguarded with
hatred or loathing, which is the meaning of the word 'abomination'. The
intent to deliberately create such >malformed creatures as an end in it self
might be reguarded as evil, and hence viewed with loathing, but is as
nothing compaired to all the other socially acceptable evils committed in
>the world and is in any case another issue.
No, though the process that created it might be considered so. Since you've
created it, you're responsible for its suffering. Creating life forms whose
only existence is one of suffering isn't something to be proud of. One would
hope that you'd be more cautious and not take the trial and error route to
begin with. I'm not one to take the whole 'playing god' approach and say
such genetic engineering is evil or anything. But at the same time that
doesn't mean I think such a haphazard approach is a good idea either.
Considering all the possible combinations, without some very good
engineering you'd risk producing a whole lot of flawed creations.
>Um, is this like 'the world cannot be round' or 'man cannot fly' or 'you
cannot get to the moon'? I thumb my nose at you sir for believing such
nonsense. There is no practical upper limit >to what can be done, merely
increasingly difficult obstacles. Performing such a task would probably be
significantly harder than moving the Great Pyramids at Giza, but possible
marginally >easier than breaking the light barrier.
No, I'm not saying it can't be done, just that it can't be done with gene
therapy. If you wanted to do it then growing a new body and doing a brain
transplant would be far more feasible. It's like flying to the moon. You can
get there, but not on a hang glider. Advances in technology might make it
easier to get there, but you still can't do it on a hang glider.
Sorry for sounding so unerringly negative in some of these posts. I hadn't
intended it to be this way. Even though I don't think genetics will yield
furries, perhaps a combination of biological and cybernetic engineering
might. A cyborg furry might be the most readily available approach. And who
knows? Perhaps such technology might allow either the creation of a new body
for a host brain, or the surgical alteration of the existing body into
something else. Advances in VR related technology may also allow one to at
least experience such a thing. And reality is overrated anyway, eh?
Received on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 15:04:09 CDT