Allot of the news and such lately has been about cloning. Dolly, the clone of another sheep over in Scotland has already reached a popularity level higher than Newt Gingrich, and Bill Clinton has been insisting that we do not abuse this new technology.
It truly is interesting, isn't it? We take those chromosomes and shove them into a female critter and badda-bing badda-boom, we gots us a clone. Not an exact replica but still the exact same genetic material. No telling how Dolly's new popularity will cause her to start looking different from the original sheep, probably getting wrinkles earlier becuase of the stress of being a celeberty.
But I've got to wonder, what if we do take this technology a few steps further? It scares the hell out of me when I seriously think about it, and the movie Multiplicity was bad enough without it becoming a reality. I most certainly wouldn't want to be a clone nor would I want to be cloned. Already they're making rough carbon-copies of monkeys and all that other controversial crud. So in this case, I agree with Clinton. Be cautious.
I can definitely see how this could be of a help however, about spreading the numbers of now dangerously endangered species. I have nothing against cloning them, if the situation is desperate enough.
But what if we do abuse it? What if the most powerful, especially those that favor technology so much that they think it'd be a good idea to have kids go to school via turbo-vacuum-shute, decide to clown with cloning? It's a scary thought, I for one don't want to see two-hundred Trent Lotts running around Washington. Imagine if somebody decided to clone The Gipper? There's something scary. Or what if Dan Quayle gets cloned and the poor kid has to grow up with a brain the size of an ant's head? Same goes for Gerald Ford, only the defecit would lean more toward motor-functions.
Come to think of it, how come so many republican congressmen said,"We're with you Newt!" like they'd been brainwashed? Or maybe... they weren't brainwashed! Maybe they are actually all clones that due to the miracle of plastic surgery just happen to look different? My god! The Newt Knights are already here! In 1994 they weren't just talking about a Mandate, that must have just been an insight to an actuall all-powerful Mandate! A true take over! They did it! They really did it! They cloned Newt's brain! Then again, that's doubtful since many GOP congressmen are actually older than Newt, so Newt must be a clone himself, and he's just the head clone! He's Clone # 1 and all the others are Clones # 2, 3, 4 and on!
(gulp) I think I'll go hide now. . .
Sinistral, 1997