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Post by ChrisK on Jun 24, 2008 20:15:19 GMT -5
In light of the consideration of human cloning, we must ask the hypothetical question:
If you pushed your naked clone off the top of a tall building, would this be:
a. Murder?
b. Suicide?
c. Merely making an obscene clone fall?
(from Car Talk)
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Post by DarKnight on Jun 25, 2008 1:41:26 GMT -5
Why naked? d. flashing? I'd still say murder anyhow. :b Atleast I hope resemblance with me is only the looks. ;D Poor naked clone... Dark
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Post by ChrisK on Jun 25, 2008 10:11:02 GMT -5
Well, without "naked", it's just a clone fall.
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Post by sumgai on Jun 25, 2008 13:31:25 GMT -5
I must interject......... As DarKnight points out, in other cultures (those that don't produce prudes by the barrelful), nudity is not only not obscene, it's actually enjoyable! No wonder some of our members/readers didn't understand the punchline. To offset that, the original joke has the clone as being extremely foul-mouthed, not naked. It's pretty universal that one who has a potty mouth is considered to be obscene, thus giving the joke it's impetus. And no, I wasn't going to pontificate, but the necessity became obvious...... sorry, Chris. sumgai
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Post by andy on Jun 25, 2008 16:31:53 GMT -5
Would cloning mean the end of all that heavy breeding, though?
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Post by sumgai on Jun 25, 2008 17:58:39 GMT -5
andy, No, not as long as hospitals are allowed to litter the landscape with 40' billboards that glorify having a baby. ......... Furthermore, nobody wants to be the first to tell a woman, any woman, that she can't have a baby because: She's too young; She's immature; She's being greedy, having already spit out several other little monsters; or The world in general is having this little problem just now, called lack of sustainable resources. Once we travel down that path, it's only a matter of time until 1984 becomes reality. sumgai
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Post by clr on Jun 27, 2008 0:05:45 GMT -5
Let the politicians handle that!
I'm going to find me a sample of Jimi's DNA.
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