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- From: fraser@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fraser Wilson)
- Subject: Re: God and Science: Are they incompatible?
- Message-ID: <9232316.9318@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:35:16 GMT
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- ricko@ee.uts.edu.au (Rick Jelliffe) writes:
- >The central question I have heard is that human genetic engineering involves
- >experiments on humans, something worthy Nazis. In order to perfect
- >the techniques, humans would be killed or mained. The question of a right
- >to tamper with genes comes after whether its right to kill babies in
- >grizly experiments. And if an experiment produces a dud, is it right to
- >kill the freak? I think anyone civilized would say no to such an enterprise.
-
- Anyone civilised would say no to butchering living organisms capable of
- suffering, and more than likely capable of awareness, for food, especially
- when one takes into account that the dead flesh from such organisms is
- in no way essential in our diet.
-
- Watch how you use the word 'civilised'.
-
- (off my soapbox now)
-
- Fraser.
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