CAN A HUMAN-ANIMAL HYBRID BECOME A JW? (page 2)

Quandry

Yes, if they are part shark. They are known to swallow anything that comes their way.

Gregor

"Yes, if they are part shark. They are known to swallow anything that comes their way." LOL, Quandary. I've known several who were jackasses.

tfjw

That depends. Can a smurf become a pioneer?

Quandry

That depends. Can a smurf become a pioneer? I think that if they can run around a Khall, then surely they can walk in service.

SnakesInTheTower

Interesting I just heard something on NPR (National Public Radio) either today or yesterday in response to the following (see below)

I wonder if it is possible to tinker with DNA to give humans animal characteristics (i.e., humans with feline facial features and fur, or how about centaurs...all the stuff of fantasy novels)

What do you get when you cross a JW elder with a jackass? (answer below article)

SnakesInTheTower (of the "what happens if you cross a sheep and a snake?" Sheep Class)

Human-animal hybrid embryos given the go-ahead
Overturning a proposed ban on creating hybrid embryos is a victory for science September 5, 2007 5:25 PM
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has finally bowed to sense by allowing the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for use in scientific research. It marks a victory for science after an almost year-long battle, which began in December last year with the proposal to outlaw the creation of hybrids in a government white paper on fertility.
In February, then health minister, Caroline Flint, said that the government's opposition to the hybrid embryos was based on a public consultation - unfortunately that highly-unscientific exercise was criticised for being hijacked by pressure groups.

I wrote at the time:
Hybrids do not open up a Pandora's box of hideous half-men, half-beasts. Creating these embryos involves hollowing out an animal egg, usually a cow's or a rabbit's, and replacing it with the nucleus of a human cell. They need only be grown to the size of a pinhead for up to 14 days to produce useful stem cells, which would be 99.5% human.

The HFEA had found itself stuck between scientists demanding to use the technology as a source of stem cells (a precious resource for those working on developing treatments for diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's) and the ill-informed Department of Health which seemed to have jumped into bed with pro-life groups. The fertility watchdog's own science advice suggested allowing the work but the organisation did not have the confidence to go ahead with its own convictions, preferring instead to launch yet more public consultations on the matter.

An investigation by the House of Commons science committee (which heard evidence from several dozen scientific organisations, all of which supported the use of hybrid embryos) was scathing of the proposed government ban. Even the chief scientific adviser supported the use of hybrids.

You can hear Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample talking about the debacle here.

Today's announcement by the HFEA is a result sustained effort in recent months from scientific groups, research charities, politicians and members of parliament to reverse an idiotically ill-informed decision that would have screwed up the future of medical research in the UK. Who said that campaigning doesn't work?

answer to above... "an upgrade for certain..... and one very upset and surprised jackass"

changeling

What about an android?

changeling

What about a transgendered person? What would they call him/her, bother/sister? Would they make him change back?

changeling

rebel8

posterity bump one of the best badboy threads of all time

BurnTheShips

This has to be the BEST BADBOY THRED EVAR!!!!

badboy

YOU THINK SO

CAN A HUMAN-ANIMAL HYBRID BECOME A JW?

Human-animal hybrid embryos given the go-ahead

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