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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: Life imitates art? (Genetic Experiments/Ape-men)
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Date: Thu, 21-May-87 19:07:11 EDT
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How come, upon discovering this chimp/human possibility we assume the
only purpose is to enslave the result?

Gee, maybe we could get rid of those cannabilistic impulses and EAT
them! And RAPE them, what the heck, they're not human, right? Gee,
give them away as door prizes to our South American dictator friends
so they can use them for working out their urges to put electrodes to
someone's gonads! Or just set up amusement parks where it would be
legal to MURDER them! What FUN!

There's just no possibility that this resultant being would be
interesting? Maybe it will be our superior and enslave us? How can you
be sure?

I've certainly never noticed higher cranial functions particularly
selected for in our human society, except perhaps some very small and
short-lived sub-societies (if that's what you think this beast would
be lacking, based on the "(stupid+smart)/2 => SomwhatStupidEnslavable"
theory of genetics (?!))

I begin to believe that normal reproduction of humans is what's
"bestial and repugnant" if that's the best our researchers and
religions can come up with as possibilities for this new species
(religions on the assumption that they can only agree with the
negative aspects and therefore condemn the research.)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University