Genetic engineering means playing God?

Post by **miftah** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:03 pm

If so, call me Dr. Moreau, because I'm absolutely in favor of this.

Post by **Gooch** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:05 pm

Agreed. And honestly, who gives a rats ass about mosquitos. Seriously. Mosquitos suck.

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:08 pm

Gooch wrote:Agreed. And honestly, who gives a rats ass about mosquitos. Seriously. Mosquitos suck.

I hate Mosquitoes as much as the next guy but they have their place in the food chain. The larvae serve as food for many fish and birds.

miftah wrote:If so, call me Dr. Moreau, because I'm absolutely in favor of this.

I too am in favor of this as long as caution is used. This idea seems like it would work great as long as the modified critters do indeed die off quickly.

There are people out there that get all sorts of panicky about the scientists playing around with the genetic makeup of things only to turn around and eat some Domesticated cow or seedless bananas. Very few things that we as a society come into to contact on a daily basis are "original".

Post by **bio** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:39 am

While I hate mosquito's as much as the next guy, remove them and say bye-bye to the Dragon Fly (it's primary food source is the mosquito).

I would have been happier if we had spent the time and money it took to genetically engineer a mosquito that would die early and fronted that money toward a vaccine for Dengue Fever.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:13 am

That's pretty cool. Bio is your avatar juggling salt with his mouth? lol

Post by **miftah** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:47 pm

I always thought he had just dropped an alka-seltzer straight with no water.

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:24 pm

and I've always seen it as a constant influx of pills...

How long are you going to make us guess Bio?

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:41 pm

I thought he was just yelling "KAAAAAHHHHHNNNNN!!!!!"