Designer babies- The new Hitlers master rase and tool of government oppression? MaquisHacker Questions/suggestions: maquishacker@excite.co.uk ICQ: 45839848 A grave threat exists on the horizon of human society, a threat to the traits of free will and individuality all human beings have and have a right to in one form or another. Think about it, if the genes that determine our personality traits are mapped and can be manipulated then oppressive institutions such as the government who are above the law, devious as fuck, shouldn't be trusted and should of been drowned at birth could bribe or otherwise coerce doctors into genetically engineering all children born using DNA manipulation in such a way that when born, they consider the political party in power at the time as something of Gods so that every time the general election comes up (More like multiple choice than the right to a vote really), this person who has been genetically engineered (mutilated would be a better word) would vote for them and support them without hesitation or even thinking about it. This is just one example of how this technology can be abused to totally wipe out our free will and individuality and help the rich and corrupt power hungry wankers of this world stay in power. This might be just a paranoid theory but if I can sit down and come up with this idea then what's to stop a government minister or geneticist coming up with this idea as well, frightening thought isn't it? Also, this technology will only serve to make people more narrow minded and care more about the athletics of a person than the actual person themselves. Personality types such as the introverted, knowledge hungry, anti conformist and generally shy traits that are associated with hackers and are generally looked down on by the conformist mainstream would be filtered out by this new technology, (No more hackers, SHIT!!!!) :( everyone will be the same, as parents will want their children to make friends and fit in easily at school (All the people in the conformist mainstream seem to have a problem with any one who differs from them in some way or another, fuck knows why) and to do this they all have to be the same, think the same and act the same as their peers. We will grow up in a world where anyone who's Gnome shows a glimmer of individuality (even before they are born ) would be just considered as a genetic re-sequencing session gone wrong and literally just thrown in the bin. By the way, doesn't all this idea of designer children remind you all of something? Could it be Hitler by any chance? This is a WANKER who took it up on himself to create his 'master race' by murdering all those who apposed him or who he considered 'imperfect', who all our grand /great grandparents went to war in order to stop. (Even though I despise violence of all kinds, I'm glad they killed the bastard) This technology is an insult to everything they fought (and most) died for. This designer baby technology is just a more insidious version of Adolf Hitlers sick and savage master race plan, and it fucks me off that people don't see this obvious fact. Although the scientists say that Genetic manipulation technology can help illuminate genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis which would mean a better quality of life for the children of parents who are carriers or sufferers of the disorder, the massive potential that this technology can be abused, in my opinion, out weighs the benefits. I'd rather trust the natural evolution of the human race to eradicate genetic diseases like this. Well that's about it really, I hope this article as opened your eyes to this threat to our society, if just one person starts to think about the issues that this article addresses then I know that sitting here at 5am typing it out having been up for 18 hours straight has been worth it 'Be an individual human being, not a conformist drone'