Posted on 10/24/2008 10:09:29 AM PDT by BGHater
A RACE of half-man, half-beast “humanzees” could be created under new fertility laws, MPs were warned last night.
Loopholes would let scientists fertilise animals with human sperm, the Commons was told during a debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
Tory MP Nadine Dorries claimed it would revive memories of Soviet tyrant Stalin’s attempt to create the “ultimate soldier” in the 1920s by cross-breeding humans and apes.
Democratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson conjured up the spectre of a monster from Greek legend, saying: “The image that people find most abhorrent is of scientists producing GM babies or cloned adults or minotaurs.”
But Health Minister Dawn Primarolo brushed aside the fears and insisted the Bill was about helping infertile couples and furthering research into disease.
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***A RACE of half-man, half-beast “humanzees” could be created under new fertility laws, MPs were warned last night. ***
Reminda me of an old movie called MANBEAST.
It’s amazing, but this goes right along the lines of Michael Crichton’s predictions in “Next”.
When I hear MANBEAST, I think of former Dallas Cowboy Randy White, the MANSTER.
Yes, I am a fan from way back, and I’ll never forgive Jones for how he treated Tom Landry.
I have read every one of Cordwainer Smith’s stories—along with his book on Psychological Warfare.
I thought Carville was half-human and half-snake.
Where’s the picture from South Park of Al Gore as Man-Bear-Pig? He’s half man, half bear, and half pig.
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell by Cordwainer SmithWeird - I don't recognize the title, and here I thought I'd read everything he'd written! I'm going to have to look that one up.
You must.
The Rediscovery of Man (Everything except the novel Norstrilia.)
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