Quote from: tekla on December 24, 2010, 04:54:02 PM
MTF adult stem cells and sperm from FTM adult stem cell

Great, and why not just assign them to 'approved parents' right from the start too?

What? 

QuoteNo Western nation wants poor people to breed.  Such procedures are going to be reserved for the very rich, or at the least, the almost rich.

Eh? Poor people do most of the breeding.

What?
Well, if we can have designer kids, we're sure going to need designer parents.

Eh? Poor people do most of the breeding.
Yeah, that's the point.

Quote from: tekla on December 24, 2010, 08:19:41 PM
What?
Well, if we can have designer kids, we're sure going to need designer parents.

Who said anything about designer kids? This is about letting infertile people have access to sperm and eggs that are their own DNA.
There's nothing 'designer' about it. It's still a lottery as to which genes the kid gets.

The huge issue with any technology (and that's what we're talking about) is who get access to it, and for what ends, and I doubt this is going to be used to give even more kids to even more people.  It will be used to give more kids to the 'right kind' of parents.

As the planet is overpopulated already I can't see the point myself ( after helping bring 2 children into the world myself- I carry my own double standard into battle!)  Nothing wrong with adoption, the Romans were into it in a big way for one.

I was pointing out in my earlier post that the immune system is so fiendishly clever at rejecting things it doesn't like,  that the promised advance is always another 5 years down the track.

Merry Christmas to all too.   Sandra.

Quote from: tekla on December 24, 2010, 08:53:34 PM
The huge issue with any technology (and that's what we're talking about) is who get access to it, and for what ends, and I doubt this is going to be used to give even more kids to even more people.  It will be used to give more kids to the 'right kind' of parents.

That doesn't equate to taking children away from people or making 'designer babies'.
Your argument is flawed.

Quote from: tekla on December 24, 2010, 04:54:02 PM

No Western nation wants poor people to breed.  Such procedures are going to be reserved for the very rich, or at the least, the almost rich.

I think they want us to breed, they need our kids for cannon fodder. But they don't want us to think too much. That's why they maintain a middle class. A bunch of over educated automotons who follow whatever trends are placed in front of them and believe what they are told.

Dettol anyone?