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To Be Or Not To Be . . .


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             Genetic engineering was the natural precursor to cloning. This involves the alteration of .
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             the genetic makeup of a plant or animal. The DNA string can be manipulated in such a way as to.
             give plants or animals characteristics not common to that particular species. Most of our food.
             crops have been genetically engineered. The gene responsible for making a scorpion sting.
             poisonous has been placed into cotton and corn to make them invulnerable to insects which feed.
             upon them. When an insect bites the altered plant, it dies instantly. Genes from a flounder which.
             allow it to survive in sub-freezing temperatures have been spliced into tomatoes so they may.
             withstand frost. Most of us are not aware of these advances as there are no regulations in place.
             obligating anyone to label their products with regard to any genetic alterations. Practically all.
             grain crops have been altered in some way so as to be unsusceptible to the blights and insects that.
             used to torment grain producers. .
             What is cloning, who will benefit, and what is the prevailing ideology attached to it? With.
             regard to ideology, there is no one prevailing ideology, but rather a plethora of ideologies.
             emanating from a myriad of social, religious, and special interest groups. Oddly enough the one.
             institution which seems not express any formal ideology would be any specific government.
             Governments seem to be very hesitant to take any kind of stand on this blooming technology.
             other than some token and quite meaningless guidelines set down by Great Britain and Australia.
             Is this lack of control the result of political weakness or is it that the governments are waiting for.
             the technology to prove itself before adopting and promoting any ideology of its own? Or from a.
             more sinister standpoint could it be that governments feel quite confident that the same people.
             who want this technology are the same people who are responsible for the placement of, and have.


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