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Originally posted by Robocardgrl5
Cloning definitely could help many people. But just think if that technology ended up in the wrong hands. Imagine the possibilities.
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Originally posted by Greg McCoy
a ban on all human cloning, at least temporaily, is needed to try and keep crazy people from trying out reproductive cloning.
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Points such as this, along with morals, seem to be the main arguments against cloning. Morals are something that there can be no right or wrong on - you're morals are your own beliefs, and that's not going to change. Personally, I feel life begins once cells differentiate into specialized cells capable of cognative learning. However, thats my opinion. Arguing this topic will lead nowhere.
What I do want to argue, though, is the quoted two points. Of course someone will try and abuse it. However, as I said before, can you name any significant step forward that HASN'T been abused? The car? It has ended up in the wrong hands. Electricity? It's been used by crazy people for evil. The airplane? "Imagine the possibilities" if an airplane got into the wrong hands. What it comes down to is does this mean that we are going to ban cars, electricity, or airplanes? I'd like to see the politician with the guts to suggest that. But then again, it
would be doing us a favor since it would be getting rid of so much evil
My biggest problem with Bush is that he's using a ridiculous argument to justify a decision based on strictly religious, and so, his moral beliefs. Yes, I said that you can't change moral beliefs, but my previous statement is not hipocritical. Bush's decision was strictly based on religion. However, what do you think would happen if he said, "It is against my religious beliefs to allow cloning." Yes,
outrage. So instead of using religious, he says 'moral' and says now the technology won't fall into wrong hands. And because of this, he is allowed to do it.
I have no problem if you make your decision based on religious beliefs. But if that is the case,
stand up and
SAY that it is for your beliefs - don't use a ridiculous argument to justify them. If you do, then lets put a ban on tobacco, guns, planes, cars, electricity - heck, you can even use a spoon for evil. Lets ban spoons too!