I'll go for cell cloning and even cloning of limbs and organs, but not of human beings. Human life would be cheapedened. Think about it. If you could clone a person, then the military could make soldiers, for example. War is already to easy for politicians to rationalize. With cloned soldiers, they would prob be relegated to 2nd or 3rd class citizens if granted citizenship at all. Through away cannonfodder. Thats just one example.
LIfe is already to cheap, especially here in the US. Not to get off topic, but we already toss babies in the trash before and after birth. We have drive by shootings and school murders etc etc going on on a dayly basis. With human cloning, we could just say "What the hell, if we need another him/her, we'll just make a clone."
The fact that we're a product of our enviromnment (Country, upbringing, schools etc.) seems to be lost on the general public. Memories can't be cloned.....yet.
Oh yeah, cloning soon to be extinct animals is ok too, as long as it's monitored closely. We gotta keep the eletist egg-head know-it-alls from tampering with the genetic structure. Making a super animal sounds cool until it wrecks it ecosystem because no other creature, predators for example, can control it's population growth. That's just one eco-wreck that comes to mind. The possibilities are endless. We're trespassing on the Devine, and we'd best 'tread carefully where Angels fear to walk!' An somewhat accurate quote but sums it up nicely.
Sorry for the long post. Chalk it up to to much caffeine. But that's my 2 cents, pesos, punds, lera or whatever.........
Later taters,
BoNe
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