Dangerous Stuff

[Guest Melanie Dawn]

News article

Dangerous stuff here..what do you think?

Melanie Dawn

[Guest Lillet Coll]

This is one example with an absolutely tiny sample size. The medicine might not be effective at all, and without any real insight on the numbers, I'm reserving judgments on the effectiveness.

However, having read about the doctor, it's someone who is pretty freaking demented. >_>

[Guest Melanie Dawn]

This is one example with an absolutely tiny sample size. The medicine might not be effective at all, and without any real insight on the numbers, I'm reserving judgments on the effectiveness.

However, having read about the doctor, it's someone who is pretty freaking demented. >_>

That's the part that's dangerous... he will never stop til he gets what he wants for an outcome.

Melanie Dawn

[Guest Donna Jean]

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Dangerous?

Damnn straight!

Science should not be trying to out "Think" nature as to what our orientation should or should not be....

Then babies will start being engineered towards peoples own ideals and not natures...

WRONG!

Donna Jean

[Guest Melanie Dawn]

Now i can understand if a scientist pursues this type of thing to prevent birth defects, but then you get into the moral argument or "what is a birth defect?" Some may consider Homosexuality/Transgenderism a birth defect.

Melanie Dawn

[Guest AshleyRF]

well eventually this is what our world will come to honestly. But it won't stop with just gay/lesbian/trans that will be eradicated. It will be anything that is deemed unfitting for the better of the species. Such is the way of scientific advancement. It is a good thing up to the point that is starts running the world. Much like religion.

[Guest Donna Jean]

Now i can understand if a scientist pursues this type of thing to prevent birth defects, but then you get into the moral argument or "what is a birth defect?" Some may consider Homosexuality/Transgenderism a birth defect.

Melanie Dawn

EXACTLY!

Genetic engineering scares me to death...

I've watched too much science fiction...It freaks me out

Donna Jean

[Guest Melanie Dawn]

EXACTLY!

Genetic engineering scares me to death...

I've watched too much science fiction...It freaks me out

Donna Jean

Hehe, me too....

Melanie Dawn

[Guest Cowboy]

My opinion:

This is another attempt to "cure diseases" such as homosexuality, and the so called "freaks" like ourselves. I liked this statement from the article

"Others suggest that you should prevent homosexuality if you can. But being gay or lesbian is not a disease and should not be treated as such."

That just comes off pretty contradictory to me. If its not a disease then why try to "prevent it"?

If we arent "correct" or match peoples definiton of whats right, then they genetically engineer babies to get rid of the so called problem?

Some people are just Stupid.

[Guest Opal]

Genetic Engineering is like Nuclear Power. A lot depends upon how it is used.

Many years ago I saw a demonstration at a research farm of some genetically altered plants that were being grown in a solution of Roundup. They appeared to be perfectly healthy plants, and they were first generation plants. No more developing specific characteristics through selective breeding.

No telling what they are capable of doing now. Brave new world.

Science and the Art of unintended consequences.

Huggs,

Opal

[Guest chngnwnd]

I agree - this is very dangerous stuff to play with...the ability to control procreation in this manner has the potential to bring out the worst in humankind.

Bobbi

[Guest Donna Jean]

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See....

The problem lies with that fact that everything that mankind has ever invented has gotten used for all the wrong reasons...

For instance...Alfred Nobel invented dynamite to help remove stumps and clear harbors but it found a use to kill people...

The Nobel Peace Prize was named after him...

What horrible ways could this technology be used?

Donna Jean

[Guest abbxrdy]

With gender incongruity, isn't the issue that the genitals develop first and then the brain structure at a later time thus allowing an opportunity for development to be out of sync? If one were to develop a test that could catch the incongruity before it happened it would be unethical not to fix it. I see nothing beautiful or redeeming about having one's sex not one's match gender. I would wish my life on no one. Would anyone here really like to see any more of this unnecessary suffering?

[Guest Lillet Coll]

I dunno. I think we offer a pretty interesting and unique perspective on life that should be celebrated, honestly.

[Guest Mia J]

I am not sure this is about altering genetics. It is using hormones to prevent an intersex condition. I really need to think about that. I sure can see where this could be misused by some to try and prevent lesbianism. But I think that the studies they have done really don’t have enough data to show that this is really valid.

As someone who follows a pagan belief system I believe we are not only re-incarnated but when we come back we have specific life lessons to learn. I have to wonder if this type of pre-natal medicine would interfere with those lessons. I am not sure. I am just glad I am not the parent that has to make that choice.

Mia

[Guest Melanie Dawn]

I am not sure this is about altering genetics. It is using hormones to prevent an intersex condition. I really need to think about that. I sure can see where this could be misused by some to try and prevent lesbianism. But I think that the studies they have done really don’t have enough data to show that this is really valid.

As someone who follows a pagan belief system I believe we are not only re-incarnated but when we come back we have specific life lessons to learn. I have to wonder if this type of pre-natal medicine would interfere with those lessons. I am not sure. I am just glad I am not the parent that has to make that choice.

Mia

This is me to a T. I have talked about this twice recently on here.

Melanie Dawn