Ya know? I've got not problem with clones.... I mean....

[Uber Sparky]

They die.

They can be killed.

They can be controlled.

So they better not 'act up.'

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[RawHumor]

Aside from distinguishing marks created after birth, how can an original be identified and not mistaken for a clone.

By the explosive chip that we'd install on the back of their skulls.

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

LMAO!!

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[RawHumor]

Interesting, so it's ok to kill a clone, but not to have an abortion?

No, that was humor.

Or, it was supposed to be humor, at least.

 

[Dillinger]

OK... well I do - the Empire created them and they're evil and all they want to do is kill Jedi Knights.

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Never]

CelestialBody:
“Aside from distinguishing marks created after birth, how can an original be identified and not mistaken for a clone.”

The original will probably be quite a few years older.

 

[MysticSwing]

Interesting, so it's ok to kill a clone, but not to have an abortion?

Don't create a clone. Don't have to kill a clone. Simple.

 

[RawHumor]

In all seriousness, that's part of the moral question about human cloning. Does the clone have the same human rights as a "normal" person?

If you say that it does, then that throws out some of the arguments in favor of human cloning (e.g. for spare body parts or whatever).

If you say that it does not, then you are truly talking about creating disposable people, which is even more frightening.

 

[Guest]

CelestialBody:
“Aside from distinguishing marks created after birth, how can an original be identified and not mistaken for a clone.”

The original will probably be quite a few years older.

But the clones age faster...

 

[MysticSwing]

In all seriousness, that's part of the moral question about human cloning. Does the clone have the same human rights as a "normal" person?

If you say that it does, then that throws out some of the arguments in favor of human cloning (e.g. for spare body parts or whatever).

If you say that it does not, then you are truly talking about creating disposable people, which is even more frightening.

Agreed!!

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Never]

Here's what I don't get about the cloning for body parts, if an organ isn't functioning in the original-and not for environmental reasons, what good is it to replace the original organ withthe one from the clone? Wouldn't the organ in question deteriorate regardless of whether it was the original or the clone?

Define ‘deteriorate’.

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Guest]

 

[Never]

Most diseases are crapshoots. Even if you have a ‘defective gene’ that does not mean it’s going to express itself.

For instance, diabetes runs in my family. My grandmother had it and I have a cousin who’s 25 and has just been diagnosed. Likewise, I have had several uncles have problems with their hearts and several people have died of cancer.

Now, that means that I probably have bad genes but that does not mean that I’ll ever have diabetes, or heart problems, or cancer. Even if I do, that doesn’t mean that my clone will have the same problem, though they’ll have the same possibility of having that problem.