Mesa Legend - IDEAS


Volume 42, Issue 2. Today is .

September 13, 2004

Students Observing and Scrutinizing
England recently legalized human cloning for medical research purposes. Do you think America should too??

James Fields, Secondary Education/ History -18-	Tanya Kruzzette Nursing	Michelle Dickinson Sign Language -18-
“Yes, I think it’s necessary for scientific advan- cement. Anyone should have the option. It should always be an option.”	“No: loss of individuality. Clone could commit a crime and you be blamed. They said we’d never be known by a number, but now we’re known by a SSN.”	“No. Human cloning, no. If it was for a particular disease, maybe.”

Michael Savala Undecided -18-	Ray Watkins Art & Anthropology -36-	Nicolas Valles Music Education -18-
“No! I just watched Godsend. Something bad could happen, they could come out retarded or something.”	“No way. Humanity has a way of creating scientific things we aren’t emotionally ready for. We’d be opening a can of worms.”	“Yes. I think it would be good for the medical benefits, for reproducing organs that are unrepairable.”

Brittany Holland Nursing -18-	Beth Olson Teacher ESL/ Developmental Skills -62-	Dan Burgett Digital Animation -20-
“No, it’s too scary. There should be only one of each person, because everyone is unique in their own way.”	“No. What happens to the soul? God made us with a soul, if you start cloning, it doesn’t seem like it’s in God’s plan.”	“Not decided yet. It has good and bad points. I think more research has to be done before we can go ahead and start cloning humans.”


Aaron Ellis Music Recording -18-
“No, it’s kind of like personal rights. It’d be like stealing a personality, like some indians believe a picture will steal your soul.”

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