Human
clones provide body parts
Congratulations pacifist hippies, you’ve
got the week off! I have decided to give
you guys a rest this week, as you will probably
need it for the long months you will spend
over in Iraq acting as a human missile shield.
However, I am sure I will piss off many
other people with this week’s topic — why
I think we should create human clones, simply
for the use of their body parts.
Imagine for a second that you are someone
else, someone who loves to participate in
dangerous activities, such as horseback
riding or drag racing. You are at the top
of your game until suddenly everything comes
crashing down around you, following an unfortunate
fall off of your trusty steed or a devastating
car crash. Your spine is severed and you
are confined to a wheelchair for the rest
of your life, doomed to eat and drink mush
through a straw because you are, for all
intents and purposes, a vegetable.
That does not sound very appealing, now
does it? Consider this scenario —after this
unfortunate accident you are able to recover,
thanks to the wonders of science. Your spine
is rebuilt, courtesy of a clone grown in
a laboratory specifically for this purpose,
and you are able to live the rest of your
life in health. Why would somebody not want
this to occur?
Allow me to present a portion of a list
taken from www.humancloning.org, demonstrating
many of the advances that this science would
be able to make possible. Cloning would
allow for the reversal of heart attacks;
the use of human stem cells to create new
skin for burn victims, brain cells for the
brain damaged, and various organs for people
in need of healthy ones; plastic, reconstructive,
and cosmetic surgery, for the creation of
bone, fat, and connective tissue; advancements
in the search for the cure for cancer, leukemia,
kidney failure, defective genes, cystic
fibrosis, and even down syndrome; the list
goes on and on. Let me pose the question
again — why would anybody not want this
potential antidote to human suffering brought
to full fruition?
A few semesters ago, I attended a speech
here on campus given by anarchists, some
of who burn down genetic engineering laboratories
in the name of “the cause.” At this speech,
some of these same degenerates had the nerve
to complain about how the FBI raided their
homes and confiscated their computers, simply
for what they saw as “exercising their right
to free speech.”
It is not within your Constitutional right
to burn down a laboratory for the name of
your ludicrous cause just because you don’t
agree with it. How quick would these bedlamites
change their tune if they were to fall victim
to Parkinson’s disease or suffer a paralyzing
accident, and the only feasible cures in
sight were the benefits from human cloning.
I put religious zealots and Jesus-freaks
on the same page as these maniacal anarchists,
but their motives differ slightly. Where
the anarchists would be dissenting in the
name of free speech and expression, these
members of the pro-life community would
be fighting for the rights of all of the
potential unborn children. What about all
the people whose lives would be saved due
to human cloning? As a great man once said,
“you can’t make an omelet without breaking
a few eggs.”
Science is advancing in ways only dreamed
of by the scientists of yesterday, and it
is definitely advancing in a good way. Human
cloning and stem cell research could allow
us, as humans, to not only perfect our race,
but also live longer lives and relatively
disease-free ones. If you are not for human
cloning, I truly believe you need to rethink
your stance. What if your child was born
with brain disease, a defective heart or
some form of cancer? Would you still denounce
this budding field of science? I didn’t
think so.
Gerry Wachovsky is a business major at
Cal State Long Beach. He can be reached
at senorbucho@aol.com.
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