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Do you want your own clone?

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Do you want your own clone? What are the advantages and disadvantages of cloning people?

Do you agree with the cloning of working animals such as police dogs? How do you feel about the cloning of animals that we eat, such as cows?


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cloning: the process of making a copy of an animal or other organism asexually (non-sexually)
clone: an animal or other organism that is the exact copy of another, and produced from it asexually
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I'm against cloning and wouldnt like to have my own clone...Just imagine how awful it would be, to run into your own copy just walking along some street one of these days...
Each of us is an individual personality...we are all different that's why world isn't bouring :!:
As for cloning animals, i can't make up my mind...if it would help starving people, it's good and needed...but in the other hand, cloning is against the nature..who could predict the consequences.. :?:
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I know this is evil but sometimes I wish I had a clone. Who can understand you more than yourself? Who can tallk with you like your clone? Maybe it's just like a twin?
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I don't want to have a clone of myself... I think each one is an individual human being and that must be respected.
Making "copies" of someone only can bring psychological damages... For the human beings is going to be hard to see somebody else just like them and for the "clone" is going to be very difficult to find their own identity.
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I am always suspect of that a clone can really bring something in exact a copy . Should be some difference from the original . right ? To me ,Clone is just providing a new way for human being self -copy, re-generate . Right now it doesnot have much meaning , But it is a new technology which can't be banned and also we are unable to ban it with more and more this society developed . one day .It is destined to get into every corner of our life , Most of us will not accept it right now , But our descendant may say yes to them !
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Clone NO Never !!

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I feel there is so much population in world that no UNNECESSARY people for playing (for understanding) are required ...

Moreover, as you think of cloning, there are other billionaires, millionaires who think in the same way, similarly terrorists might think in the same way.. Can we really bear up the load of so many terrrorist ? The answer is NO. So we should avoid cloning. Many countries had banned cloning because of the same reason !! :(

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Would you want to have your own clone

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definitely not.i always think i am an unique one in this world or maybe in this universe :) :) . if i have my own clone, that' not me,only someone have the same G as me. that means nothing to me. if i died one day, the clone would not instead of me. and i don't think my parents and friends will accept it as me .
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I am totally against cloning!...Concerning the animal testing part or cloning I think it's a waste of time 'coz no one will ever eat cloned animals...just think of the idea of a cloned animal and you'll get sick 'coz that meat is a fake...As for me I don't want to live for ever, like over 100 years old...This life is enough for me, I don't need another one...And, above all, I'm unique!
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Cloning can help couples who are not able to give births so it is good if people use this method in a possotive way.

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Cloning can help couples who are not able to give births so it is good if people use this method in a possotive way.

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Arale wrote:Cloning can help couples who are not able to give births so it is good if people use this method in a possotive way.

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That's not cloning. Please read more about cloning. How can they clone a child if they haven't had one in the first place? Cloning= duplicate. I hope this give you the idea of cloning.
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Arale wrote:
Cloning can help couples who are not able to give births so it is good if people use this method in a possotive way.

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That's not cloning. Please read more about cloning. How can they clone a child if they haven't had one in the first place? Cloning= duplicate. I hope this give you the idea of cloning.
Well, I mean if cloning technology is successful, couples that cannot give births may adopt cloning children.Adopting normal children has many problems.They may leave their adopted children when they find their true parent.

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oh I get it now, cloning means creating many others who look like the same as the origin.Thanks much Lenne Tran.
Ah it is quite interesting ,you have many copies of yourself. :wink:
Well,let's imagine your lover cannot find you among these clonning ones.

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I don't think that's the case, Arale. Although children might go back to find their biological parents when they get older, they'll still stick with their adopted parents. It's the love we're talking about here. I don't think they will throw away all the years that their adopted parents have been raising them. In fact, it's inhuman to leave their adopted parents. Those are people who were willing to open their arms when they were neglected. Do you think it's right for them to forget all that years? By the way, orphans are everywhere. Why would a couple need a clone? Children cloning happened only when the parents lost their babies and they wanted to bring them back since they couldn't handle the pain or let go of it, I think.
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Arale wrote:oh I get it now, cloning means creating many others who look like the same as the origin.Thanks much Lenne Tran.
Ah it is quite interesting ,you have many copies of yourself. :wink:
Well,let's imagine your lover cannot find you among these clonning ones.

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There we go... Good job Arale :wink:
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But clonning is still a question unsolved for scientists.I read some cartoon stories that talk about cloning people and their cruelty.They have no emotion and kill the origins to control the world.The earth may be lost in clonning people's hand one day !hehe.....

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Yup yup... that's right. That's why most of us are against cloning. We had one Hitler in the past who were trying to dominate the world, who knows we will have another Hitler in the future or not. If human cloning is possible, it could bring good plus bad doings. The good doing could be the scientists could learn more about the diseases if they cloned their patients. They could try the new medicines on those clones--kinda inhuman to me though. Although they were clones, they still were counted as humans, weren't they? The wrong doings would be someone, some group or some race tried to dominate another. Serial killers would clone themselves to do more serious killings. Psyscho people would clone themselves to manipulate others, on and on such and such. In overall, it's not a good idea to try to success on human cloning. More bad things would happen than goods.
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Ah if there are another Einstein,Galileo,Noben or Mari Curi ...it is so wonderful, isn't it? But if there was another Hiller, the world would die.
In overall, it's not a good idea to try to success on human cloning. More bad things would happen than goods.
I do agree with you.

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Arale wrote:Ah if there are another Einstein,Galileo,Noben or Mari Curi ...it is so wonderful, isn't it? But if there was another Hiller, the world would die.
In overall, it's not a good idea to try to success on human cloning. More bad things would happen than goods.
I do agree with you.

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Which one do you think would do us more harm than good, clones of those scientists and another Hitler or banning study of cloning?
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In overall, it's not a good idea to try to success on human cloning. More bad things would happen than goods.
I agree with this idea ! :_))

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Gotcha! You voted for banning the study of cloning. :wink:
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Gotcha! You voted for banning the study of cloning. :wink:
Yes I do though I know that means I against the develpment of science. :wink:

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Not all part of science is good. I, for once, don't think cloning is a good idea. I don't know about the future though. I might change my opinion, who knows. But as far as I know now, I'm against it.
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Not all parts of science are good but everything though bad or good will develope according to the rule of development.Do you remember that rule in philosophy? It said everything will develope like a spiral.So though we're against clonning it still developes naturally.
We do nothing but wait and guess! :wink:

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Ok Arale It's nice exchanging thoughts with you but I have to leave now. I have to work early tomorrow and I have study group to go to. I'll see you in another one or two weeks or more. Take care ok and have fun with the forums. :wink:
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So glad to see you today.Wish you a happy time ! Find fun in working ok? :wink:
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I do not want my own clone, because i believe that the uniqueness of human beings is what makes us special. We are all different, yet we are all the same. These differences let us learn from one another. I value differences more than similarities and therefore, i would not want another 'me'.
However I would accept cloning if the cloning of people was for medical purposes such as replacing a disabled organ or body part. As stated from the readings from God , we are allowed to use methods to help us when we are in critical conditions. Thus, i think cloning is acceptable if the patient is in absolute need of an organ transplant or body part
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Re: Do you want your own clone?

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no i don't want my own clone!!its strange i think cloning people is not good and dangerous.maybe only animals for disease,viruse etc only for health.
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I don't want my own clone because i think it's pretty scary to have or see someone who is like you and thinks like you..
maybe he'll kill you one day because he wants to be you and not just the "clone"...
I think it's not good to eat cloned animals on the other hand, it will be necessary to clone animals that all have enough to eat and don't have to starve..but generelly i'm against cloning..it scares me..:~:



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Cloning sounds interesting and a new intervention of humans. However, I do not want my own clone because it is against the nature. I do not see it is advantageous to this world. For example, natural/organic foods are beneficial to us whereas artificial ones are not. I ain't good at cloning, so I cannot predict those undiscovered, negative consequences to us. =)
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When it comes to the proliferation of human life, I guess it's better not to change our beginnings.
I personally would not wish to have/see my own clone.
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i dnt want to clone . It wast of time
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