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[Navi]

Since everyone seems to be freaking out about it...

The general consensus appears to be that while the original purpose of cloning animals was to recreate good stock for breeding, the FDA is starting to "approve" cloned animals for eating purposes. Which apparently is leading a lot of people to believe that soon all our meat will be cloned fare.

How do we all feel about it? I personally don't care. People can eat it if they want, but I'd rather not, so it would at least be nice if they could label it (as the FDA doesn't want to be bothered with).

[bill door]

Chicken Little

[Dr Sketch]

There is so much starvation in the world right now, if technologies such as this can help alleviate it, I'm all for it.  Since a clone is theoretically a genetic duplicate of the original, I don't see how it wouldn't be safe, although I would like to see it labeled also...

My biggest concern is that they will (eventually) discontinue breeding programs.  Genetic diversity is what helps fight off extinction, and it's only achieved through breeding different gene pools together.  It's not too hard to imagine what would happen if a genetic disease targeted a bunch of cloned cattle, so relying exclusively on cloning to get more cows would be dangerous...

[Dr Sketch]

And if we ever start cloning people.... well, it makes me think of a song I read once on the internet....

(1) Oh, give me a clone
Of my own flesh and bone
With its Y chromosome changed to X
And after it's grown
Then my own little clone
Will be of the opposite sex.

(Chorus) Chlone, clone of my own
With its Y chromosome changed to X
And when I'm alone
With my own little clone
We will both think of nothing but sex.

(2) Oh, give me a clone
Is my sorrowful moan,
A clone that is wholly my own.
And if she's X-X
And the feminine sex
Oh, what fun we will have when we're prone.

(3) My heart's not of stone,
As I've frequently shown
When alone with my own little X
And after we've dined,
I am sure we will find
Better incest then Oedipus Rex.

(4) Why should such sex vex
Or disturb or perplex
Or induce a disparaging tone?
After all, don't you see
Since we're both of us me
When we're having sex, I'm alone.

(5) And after I'm done
She will still have her fun
For I'll clone myself twice ere I die.
And this time without fail
They'll be both of them male
And they'll each ravage her by and by

[Radical Ed]

Fuck it, I'll eat anything.

[Sian]

Fuck it, I'll eat anything.

My sentiments entirely...