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Genetic engineering means playing God?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:03 pm
by miftah
If so, call me Dr. Moreau, because I'm absolutely in favor of
this.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:05 pm
by Gooch
Agreed. And honestly, who gives a rats ass about mosquitos. Seriously. Mosquitos suck.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:08 pm
by ZIPPER
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".
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:39 am
by bio
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:13 am
by Moxie
That's pretty cool. Bio is your avatar juggling salt with his mouth? lol
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:47 pm
by miftah
I always thought he had just dropped an alka-seltzer straight with no water.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:24 pm
by Rocketdork
and I've always seen it as a constant influx of pills...
How long are you going to make us guess Bio?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:41 pm
by eddiecanuck
I thought he was just yelling "KAAAAAHHHHHNNNNN!!!!!"