Naveen and the Attack of the Cloned Clones

Cloning..well thats one thing i don't talk everyday about.now when i think abt it,i wonder why it was so difficult for me to make a decison about it.Scientific development cannot and should not be abated.The question of how we are going to play god,or even use is for "humanly destuctive" purposes isn't a debate about science.Any decision about human cloning should follow a painstaking and balanced analysis that followed a strict scientific assessment of the genetic and social implications.

Religious leaders have criticised and called on a ban for cloning.they say human cloning is not only unneccesary but also unethical.the word ethical is confusing and not well defined.is making an infertile couple unhappy by helping them have a child,that they can rightfully call their own unethical.Gay's and Lesbians could have children that are biologically related to them .the production of nerve cells which can help treat people with parkinsons disease is just one example where using techniques developed using cloning we are going to treat diseases that were previously un-treatable.the benefits of research on cloning are only going to increase.

As a human society we cannot operate in a controlled vacuum environment.At every step of progress we have think about ethical and moral issues,but can we let our ethics and morals come in the way of scientific development.No,we can't.Religion has always been debated over,the origins of our universe cannot be explained by religion.Neither can it explain why apples don't fly after they ripen,and religion cannot be used to produce electricity and cultivate crops.religious leaders often operate with a miniscule amount of tolerance on controllability and they cannot ask us to stop scientific development.while human dignity and human rights must be protected, it would be a mistake to close the door to future scientific and technological progress which could save lives.

Instead of looking at it at creating and destroying life,religious leaders should have a more tolerable perspective that looks upon it as a way of improving our civilization.potentially destructive scenarious exist but instead of outright banning cloning we should we talking about a code of conduct that should we followed in our path of progress.

New developments in genetic engineering posed some of the greatest challenges that humanity would ever face. Although many applications held promise in preventing and curing disease, others could have consequences beyond the worst nightmares. The technology of most immediate concern was reproductive cloning of human beings.The first step, he said, should be an honest and realistic assessment of the dangers, both scientific and ethical, and the possible benefits of scientific and medical research in the field of reproductive human cloning.it is imperative that international measures be established for reproductive human cloning immediately, before any attempts at that practice were made.the draft convention should also address specific concerns of multi-cultural and multi-religious countries, such as our own, in terms of its acceptance and adaptations to suit local values.the focus should be on what our limits are,and where we stop playing God!

Pleasure,Naviin.