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Old 25th April 2006, 08:25 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: genetic discrimination

I guess it sounds pretty scarey cause it's new.

I read an article once about this written by somone with a psyical disability and they were concerned that life is the rich tabestry it is because so so called imperfections which should, in fact be called differences. If such differences were eradicated at birth mankind would lose a lot by way of understanding and learning. There is also a view that such differences are the way in which a species evolves so stamping them out is very dangerous and short sighted.

If genetic engineneering had been around at the start they might have wiped out all those little fish that developed lumps on thier bodies, later developing into legs.
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