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Originally Posted by dog$

Without knowing the science behind it all I can't really say for sure, but I imagine there could be ways to do things like that once a human fetus is beyond the embryonic stage, which is beyond the scope of this proposal.

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No, not really. At least not thus far.

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If this law were to pass I wouldn't consider it a total defeat for the progression of science.

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Just one important field of it.

It's not the right law. The concept isn't wrong-headed, but it's the wrong way to go about it.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

But look dude, if we find a way to splice a gene from a ladybug into a person to create an enzyme that prevents cancer, or something like that, shouldn't we do it?

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And here I was, just thinking it would be cool to have a hard red shell with black spots.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Or, to remove the knee jerk liberal interpretation, it protects the failed experiments that this kind of activity surely would produce and saves those creatures the pain of being deformed and experimented upon.

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P'shaw. There's no pain in animal experimentation! Also: no crying in baseball.

Who was it that said "I'd strangle every single seal pup in the world to death with my bare hands if it would cure one sick hobo who was dying of AIDS"? Penn?

Yes. William Penn, not Penn Jillette, interestingly enough.

Distant relative, apparently! The things you find out.

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Originally Posted by Penn Jillette

Teller and I would personally kill every chimp in the world, with our bare hands, to save one street junkie with AIDS

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That is not an incorrect sentiment, IMO.

I would personally kill every street junkie with AIDS in the world, with my bare hands, if it would save me from being asked for change on my way to the laundromat.

Hobos or PETA, hobos or PETA...