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To: average joe who wrote (3833)	1/16/2003 4:46:44 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7720

I think what you mean is the capacity to harness nuclear power is relatively new. Know that was not what I meant. Of course wide spread cloning even in the worst scenarios, would not be as bad as wide scale use of nuclear weapons. My point is rather that not everything that is new or more advanced is positive and not everything new is an example of progress. I imagine this would happen with clones as well if soldiers could be engineered to withstand colder temperatures, higher altitudes, etc. Thats more an example of genetic engineering then cloning. Of course you could clone a genetically engineered soldier but the big difference is the genetic engineering which by itself might be able to produce "super soldiers". Cloning by itself would just produce genetically fit regular soldiers (and that assumes that the clones are genetically fit, but I guess the problems with cloning will be over come at some point). I'm not so much against the idea of creating people through cloning as I am against the practice of doing so before the bugs with cloning are thoroughly worked out, and against the idea of creating mindless clones to use for spare parts. Tim

To: average joe who wrote (3833)	1/16/2003 6:19:44 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

Anything we do as humans will be used in a military capacity at some point. I imagine this would happen with clones as well if soldiers could be engineered to withstand colder temperatures, higher altitudes, etc... No need for those qualities. Just clone the best soldiers you have. Get a clone of Ike, two of Bradley, twenty Patton, and a few hundred thousand of Audie Murphy, and you've got a pretty good army right there. If we can only create artificial wombs, we've got it made -- nobody would love them, so nobody would care if they got killed off.