human cloning

[miriam_e]

You know, I can't figure out what the big deal is about human cloning. People get their knickers in such a knot about it, but every identical twin on the planet is a clone. It is not like it is unnatural.

"But," those shiny-eyed, anti-cloning fanatics rush to tell me (like it matters) "there will be awful hitler-like people who clone themselves."

Really? I wonder. And some feeble law is going to stop some uber-wealthy nutcase? Like it has stopped so many other things, yeah?

"But," they breathlessly press on, "it would be a travesty of human rights to have these clones raised to be..."

...to be wealthy, powerful people? Oh the poor dears. My heart bleeds for them.
Why the hell are people worried about cloning when there are children starving all over the world?
Are people fucking nuts or something?!?!

Comments

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

It is mostly in USA and to a lesser extent Britain and Australia that the media so blatantly manipulate people's fears for sales. In other countries, like Canada and many European countries the media mostly report the real news. However I think it is an increasingly common phenomenon in all countries.

When I first moved into my house, way out in the country, I was very happy and relaxed, living here on my own. After a while I was asked by a few people "aren't you scared, living out there by yourself?" and that combined with watching a few scary news items ended up creating fear in me where none previously existed and for a while I felt worried. I soon pulled myself together and ceased watching the propaganda on TV and pointed out to people that cities are far more dangerous. I am no longer scared. My point is that media do create fear rather than simply enhancing it. Fear sells.

There are good science fiction stories that treat cloning as something not to be feared. You may be mistaking Hollywood's version of science fiction for what is true, good, science fiction.

I completely agree with your point about asking people what they fear from cloning, that they tend to give a (Hollywood) science fiction answer. The "news" media and Hollywood have become almost inseparable. I think this has poisoned them both and they're making society sick.