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To: marcos who wrote (9137)	4/15/2002 11:24:03 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

And i mean hey, can you adequately demonstrate to us that the sky is not falling? No, but I can make a case that it's not falling YET, that there's time to think this through, to determine what the risks are, what would trigger them, and how to recognize the triggers, and to make a plan for how to avoid them. The proposal on the table is to make all human cloning illegal in the US. And that is going to accomplish what? Certainly not stop the sky from falling. All it does is make some decision makers feel righteous and get them some votes from their fellow righteous. Doesn't stop cloning. It's a feel-good solution to what might be a serious problem. Or not.

To: marcos who wrote (9137)	4/16/2002 5:01:35 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 21057

i can see how human cloning could pose risks sufficient to warrant thinking long and hard before proceeding with each step Even if each cloning resulted in monstrous offspring, it would be no different than the scale of mutations and deformity already seen in pollution and radiation cases. Worst case, think thalidomine. This is of course quite a tragedy for the affected individuals, but it is hardly a threat to the species. The sky is is not falling, although it may soon rain nuclear interceptors. TP