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-*Leah*- · 05-17-2003, 10:54 PM

I watched a show about this today. I know you all have heard about these people wanting to pick the gender of their kids, and being able to make their children smarter, and prettier, etc. What do you guys think about this? Its a huge controvery between scientists. Some people oppose it because of the obvious morally wrong aspects that go along with it. I don't think we should be able to do this, but scientists predict that by 2010 people who are rich enough to have this done, will all have genetically altered kids. And you know what would happen in the world? There would be a ton of kids that all looked exactly alike. Little blonde hair, blue eyes, intelligent, beautiful, and atletic kids. Its just wrong. We are all perfect without having our parents picking what we look like. Plus thats God's job to pick what we are going to look like.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 05-17-2003, 10:56 PM

I dont like it. The only thing I wanna know if and when I get pregnant is the health of it and the sex-- I need to know ASAP whether its a boy or girl.

BrandonS · 05-17-2003, 11:01 PM

This subject is handled pretty well in the recent movie, "Gattaca," which shows one very unpleasant possible future in which everyone is judged mostly by their DNA profile. There would be some benefits to being able to do this, but if you want to see how it could go horribly wrong, see that movie.

-*Leah*- · 05-17-2003, 11:02 PM

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Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
I dont like it. The only thing I wanna know if and when I get pregnant is the health of it and the sex-- I need to know ASAP whether its a boy or girl.

Yeah. I can understand wanting your kids to be healty, and to be the gender that you want, but being able to pick their eye color, their iq...etc, thats wrong, in my opinion.

Tuesday Weld · 05-17-2003, 11:18 PM

I think it's awful.People shouldn't tamper with nature.To me,it's on the same level as cloning.

~Tropical Punch 19~ · 05-17-2003, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
I dont like it. The only thing I wanna know if and when I get pregnant is the health of it and the sex-- I need to know ASAP whether its a boy or girl.

I knwo it will drive me crazy if I didn't knwo the gender.

~Tropical Punch 19~ · 05-17-2003, 11:20 PM

Oh yeah and I think ti is wrong to pick what your kid looks like. liek in my head I have a certain idea of what i would like my kids to look like, but like what leah02_06 said it's Gods job to pick that.

Crimson and Clover · 05-17-2003, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by vintagetvgirl
I think it's awful.People shouldn't tamper with nature.To me,it's on the same level as cloning.

i know. i dont like that at all. i dont even want to know the sex when i get pregnant.

AnaheimPMWitch · 05-18-2003, 02:37 AM

I think its wrong I dont care what my child would look like as long as he or she is healthy i'd be fine

Jem · 05-18-2003, 02:47 AM

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Originally posted by leah02_06
but being able to pick their eye color, their iq...etc, thats wrong, in my opinion.[/FONT]

I agree. I think that this cloning and genetic engineering stuff is all wrong. It's like people are focusing too much on appearance other than what is inside. And, how would a kid feel if their parents ever told them they were genetically engineered or genetically altered? They'd probably feel horrible and question whether or not their parents really loved them for who they were.

TJL · 05-18-2003, 07:19 AM

I think mankind would be better served if scientists could figure out how to use gene manipulation to say, eliminate disease or birth defests rather than help make prettier babies.

However, if they can do something about making kids less bratty, I'm all for that.

webuster · 05-18-2003, 11:06 AM

Can the cells still be edited after the woman is impregnated? Anyway- the only time this could be used in a positive way is if one parent has a disease that has a chance of being hereditery- so it can be eliminated, no looks, behaviour or anything changes- just elimineting life threatening diseases. This is an evil concept- everyone would be getting kids that have the ideal image of what the parent wants them to look like- it's very similar to the time Hitler tried to sterilise people to create a perfect concentrated human race with all the same features. In the UK at the minute channel 4 has a show about cloning, showing proccesses and soon the woman will be impregnated- I'm still watching to see what happens

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 05-18-2003, 11:56 AM

How awful. People should be happy with what their kids look like so matter what. If they let that happen everyone's going to be perfect...no one would be considered special for who they are.

As for the genetic diseases, though...I agree, it could be something useful...but other than that I think it's a really bad idea.

Montana Ponine · 05-18-2003, 12:11 PM

It's wrong...if they start doing this then we'll all be the same and we'd all be perfect... life would be even more boring than it is now!

-*Leah*- · 05-18-2003, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by webuster
Can the cells still be edited after the woman is impregnated? Anyway- the only time this could be used in a positive way is if one parent has a disease that has a chance of being hereditery- so it can be eliminated, no looks, behaviour or anything changes- just elimineting life threatening diseases. This is an evil concept- everyone would be getting kids that have the ideal image of what the parent wants them to look like- it's very similar to the time Hitler tried to sterilise people to create a perfect concentrated human race with all the same features. In the UK at the minute channel 4 has a show about cloning, showing proccesses and soon the woman will be impregnated- I'm still watching to see what happens

I think it was something like it had to be done in a laboratory, and then the women would be "artificially inciminated" with the baby that was created by the scientists. So the baby won't have any traits or features of their parents. Its really, really wrong in my opinion, its just messing with God too much for my liking.

05-17-2003, 10:54 PM	#1
-Leah- Back for More Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 15, 2003 Posts: 10,563	Choosing your children? I watched a show about this today. I know you all have heard about these people wanting to pick the gender of their kids, and being able to make their children smarter, and prettier, etc. What do you guys think about this? Its a huge controvery between scientists. Some people oppose it because of the obvious morally wrong aspects that go along with it. I don't think we should be able to do this, but scientists predict that by 2010 people who are rich enough to have this done, will all have genetically altered kids. And you know what would happen in the world? There would be a ton of kids that all looked exactly alike. Little blonde hair, blue eyes, intelligent, beautiful, and atletic kids. Its just wrong. We are all perfect without having our parents picking what we look like. Plus thats God's job to pick what we are going to look like.
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05-17-2003, 10:56 PM	#2
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05-17-2003, 11:18 PM	#5
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05-18-2003, 02:37 AM	#9
AnaheimPMWitch AKA CaitlinMoore2002 Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Location: in the Las Vegas Crime Lab hangin with Nick and Sara Posts: 4,973	I think its wrong I dont care what my child would look like as long as he or she is healthy i'd be fine
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05-18-2003, 07:19 AM	#11
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05-17-2003, 11:01 PM	#3
BrandonS Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 18, 2002 Posts: 8,824	This subject is handled pretty well in the recent movie, "Gattaca," which shows one very unpleasant possible future in which everyone is judged mostly by their DNA profile. There would be some benefits to being able to do this, but if you want to see how it could go horribly wrong, see that movie.

05-17-2003, 11:20 PM	#7
~Tropical Punch 19~ Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: I'm a fly on Clay's wall Posts: 1,961	Oh yeah and I think ti is wrong to pick what your kid looks like. liek in my head I have a certain idea of what i would like my kids to look like, but like what leah02_06 said it's Gods job to pick that.

05-18-2003, 11:06 AM	#12
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	no way Can the cells still be edited after the woman is impregnated? Anyway- the only time this could be used in a positive way is if one parent has a disease that has a chance of being hereditery- so it can be eliminated, no looks, behaviour or anything changes- just elimineting life threatening diseases. This is an evil concept- everyone would be getting kids that have the ideal image of what the parent wants them to look like- it's very similar to the time Hitler tried to sterilise people to create a perfect concentrated human race with all the same features. In the UK at the minute channel 4 has a show about cloning, showing proccesses and soon the woman will be impregnated- I'm still watching to see what happens

05-18-2003, 11:56 AM	#13
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	How awful. People should be happy with what their kids look like so matter what. If they let that happen everyone's going to be perfect...no one would be considered special for who they are. As for the genetic diseases, though...I agree, it could be something useful...but other than that I think it's a really bad idea.
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05-18-2003, 12:11 PM	#14
Montana Ponine Tragically Beautiful Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2001 Location: Sondheimville Posts: 4,529	It's wrong...if they start doing this then we'll all be the same and we'd all be perfect... life would be even more boring than it is now!