From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@btinternet.com)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 14:58:13 MDT
Greg Burch quoted:
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38861,00.html
>
> [...] "There is a moral problem on the distribution of
> these benefits," said Wheeler. "Who gets it? Who decides?
> What criterion do they apply?" [...]
Did anyone else's brain explode trying to decipher the above
logic? Let me try,
An argument for nobody getting the benefits of germ line
engineering is the question of who would decide who gets the
benefits of germ line engineering.
> The report called for a public discussion to determine if
> Americans really want to approve human IGM research.
This is like asking a jury if they really want to let a
murder suspect live. Guilty until proven innocent.
BM
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