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Article #175Re: Selecting the sex...
From: Dave Taylor
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1986 01:26
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1986 01:26
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This article is from The lost Bostonian <gds@SPAM.ISTC.SRI.COM> and was received on Thu Oct 2 17:47:58 1986 The problem with the "select the sex" product, and genetic engineering in general, is the same problem with any technology ... in can be abused or misused in the wrong hands. People who scream "sacrilege" are probably of the opinion that the knowledge of selecting the sex should be withheld from humans. -- spoiler follows -- A good fiction book to read about a genetic engineering project is Ira Levin's "The Boys from Brazil". 94 boys were cloned from Hitler's blood and hair. The boys were then raised separately in various parts of the world in environments such as Hitler had in his youth. I don't think genetic engineering has reached that level of sophistication yet, or if there are any plans to move in that direction. I would think a large number of people are worried about such projects as in "The Boys from Brazil", and this new sex-selecting product brings us one step closer in the minds of those who are concerned. --gregbo
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!nike!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!hplabsc!taylor From: taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) Newsgroups: mod.comp-soc Subject: Re: Selecting the sex... Message-ID: <708@hplabsc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 21:26:13 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabsc.708 Posted: Thu Oct 2 21:26:13 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Oct-86 08:25:08 EDT Reply-To: hplabs!gds@SPAM.ISTC.SRI.COM Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Lines: 23 Approved: taylor@hplabs Reference: <681@hplabsc.UUCP>