Xref: utzoo talk.bizarre:11344 misc.legal:4575 talk.politics.misc:9198 sci.bio:1109 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cok From: COK@PSUVMA.BITNET (R. W. F. Clark) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,misc.legal,talk.politics.misc,sci.bio Subject: Re: Are Animals Patentable? Message-ID: <39732COK@PSUVMA> Date: 19 Apr 88 22:47:44 GMT References: 9@ut-sally.UUCP> Followup-To: talk.bizarre,misc.legal,sci.bio,talk.politics.misc,alt.cyberpunk Organization: Syd Barrett Cabal & The Harlequinade Lines: 34 Keywords: Lysergic lemonade In article <11299@ut-sally.UUCP>, turpin@ut-sally.UUCP (Russell Turpin) says: > >In <9915@tekecs.TEK.COM>, andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) writes: tes: [A question: "Where do we draw the line?"] > >The problem with the above question is that genes do not come >with labels "human", "mouse", etc. We and chimpanzees share 99% >of our genes in common. Are these "human" genes or "chimp" genes? >As you note, the ability to mix and match only lessens any hope >of a genetic determination of what is human. If any legal >thinkers or other philosophers are still hoping that biologists >will be able to solve the problem of what a person is, at this >point it is a most futile hope. > Human genes really suck. I myself would rather have ocelot genes. 'samatterafact, I'd quite like to take my genetic structure, and then stir in some ocelot genes, some axolotl genes, some wildebeeste genes, and some _psilocybe cubensis_ genes. Then I'd be a human/feline/neotenous amphibian/fungus hybrid. Then I'd copyright myself and patent my children and sell them to: A) People who like cats; B) People who like axolotls; C) People who want a wildebeeste but can't afford a real one; D) Hippies; E) Midgets; and F) Anyone with noses longer than their hair. That way I'd solve both the moral dilemma and the financial one. I recommend that all of you do the same, using _your_ favorite flora and fauna. ------- UUCP: terrapin!vomit!eppyvax!kzhatti!nessus!psusponge!cok "Well I've opened up my veins too many times Who sang it, and the poison's in my heart and in my mind." what song?