Sunday, October 24, 2010

To Clone or not to Clone..THAT is thee question.

       In the past, scientists have experimented with sheep to go through the cloning process to see if it would work. Over 270 attempts were needed in order to make a special sheep named Dolly, and it was born in Scotland in 1996. All of the other sheep were born with health problems, including malformed kidneys, and all but Dolly died prematurely. Knowing this, should humans really be cloned? When I think about this, I try to put myself in the person's shoes when they find out they have been cloned. Would you really want to know that you were made specifically from somebody else's genetic material? I wouldn't! It takes away your identity and people wouldn't be able to have their own personalities. According to theologian Nigel Cameron, "It would be perhaps the worst thing we have ever thought of in the maltreatment of our species". Cameron says," it would be a kind of new slave class... you would have human beings who were made by human beings for their purposes". Another factor that has to due with cloning is the cost. Cloning somebody is so overly expensive that not everyone would be able to do it. I was researching this topic and thought to ask my parents to see what their thoughts were on it and if they thought it was a good idea.

Mom-
"No, I think it is awful. God created everyone individually so why would you even want to think about that!" -Great answer mom!
Dad-
"I think its great. If you could create something good 3 or 4 times over again why wouldn't you? Heck! Id create 2 or 3 more Halle Barrys if i could! haha just kidding!" -Sure dad...suuure!

Sooo, in my opinion, cloning is not a good idea at all. Everyone is created individually and that is the way it should always be.

3 comments:

  1. WHOAH! we have very similar titles! lol but i love the differences in your parents' answers! lol haha!

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  2. haha i was hoping you would like that! lol my dad cracks me up!

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