And then they REALLY own the world. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:07:32 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? Good question. I think what will happen is that it will be like the old west where they will be contacting other countries for mail order brides. Then in 20 years China turns into a multi-cultural landscape with many colors of the rainbow. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: Chinese social engineering has already created a problem. By restricting families to one child (most families opted for a boy even if that meant killing girl babies) they are now faced with a glut of marriage age men and a serious deficit of marriage age women. I wonder how that is going to work out for them. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> wrote: > > > The slippery slope is my problem too, Tracey. I could see the Chinese > engineering more boy births and fewer girl births, and someone might want to > go the way of the Sauron supermen from "The Mote In God's Eye" (think the > Augments from "Enterprise", only meaner and less schemey). > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody > hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: tdli...@... > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:22:42 -0800 > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See, I have some genetic , incurable crap too. I think I would > want that out to. However, I believe it is likely a slippery slope > > > > > > > > From: > scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of > Martin > Baxter > > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:23 PM > > To: SciFiNoir2 > > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? > > > > > > > > > > > > In a word, no, not even if it meant ridding them of the genetic combo that > gave > me what I've got. Though an improvement on my genes would be an incalculable > gain for Mankind... > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: > scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > From: hellomahog...@... > > Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:17:11 -0800 > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? > > > > > > > > > > > > Very soon the option of gene manipulation > may come available. There are already methods that lean in that direction. Our > near future may turn into a world that is similar to the movie Gattica. > > > > If the option became available do you think that if this option were available > would you take that step to give your child the best advantages that he or she > can have? > > > > Another question. Do you think that this kind of gene manipulation weaken the > gene pool? > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > Hotmail: > Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ > ------------------------------------ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ Individual Email | Traditional http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) scifinoir2-dig...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/
