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Should We Clone a Neanderthal?
SpaceAdmiral writes "Forget cloning a woolly mammoth — should scientists clone a Neanderthal? Such a feat should be possible soon, although it raises a number of bioethics concerns, including where to draw the line between humans and other animals."
> We have been very charitable in the West in
> determining who, mentally and in body,
> is a "person" and who is not.
Well, except for the very young ones, whom we chemically burn to death at the rate of millions per year...
Why do we need to clone neanderthals? If they continue to make Seth Rogan and/or Will Ferrell movies, a majority of humans will devolve into neanderthals already. Cloning a wooly mammoth, on the other hand, would be great, especially for stews and barbeques. We'd just have to clone them with tender meat. And their wool would really help our textile industries resurge. And we can make tools out of their bones.
Dear pro-lifer. You are fundamentally uninformed about how birth control works.
Please note that birth control prevents fertilization from ever occuring, and "morning after" pills do not "chemically burn" the fertilized egg either.
After we clone the Neanderthal man, could not we just send him against religious fanatics and terrorists so that they could fight against each other on even terms?
Oops...I guess I have just offended the Neanderthal man... :/ I'm so-rry!
Ezekiel 23:20
No, it just means you're gay.
Welcome to the cognitively dissonant world of Leftism my friend.
You see, the rules of political correctness only apply to the enemies of lefties, not to lefties themselves. As an example, behold the behavior of leftist and activist Gays in California over the Prop 8 dispute. Despite the fact that Mormons make up less than 3% of the CA voting bloc that voted Prop 8 in, and Blacks and Latinos voted FOR Prop 8 in overwhelming numbers, the gays are ONLY targeting the Mormons. They are threatening to burn down churches, have sent white powder-filled envelopes to LDS headquarters, and have already attacked and beaten both Mormons, and elderly people.
Note to all lefties: The rules apply to everybody, you don't get an exception.
Obama's got big-ol' ears. Makes him look JUST as "chimpy" as Bush.
Official Heretic from the "Church of Global Warming". Proven right thanks to whistle blowers. AGW = Flat Earth Theory
"Obama's got big-ol' ears"
That's heresy! Americans are not allowed to criticize the omnipotent Obama or view/read anything about him except through the properly sanitized mainstream media.