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14th November 2001 at 5:04 pm #42887
Headgehog
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Honestly, how many heroes, or even supporting benevolent characters in science fiction television, film, or literature have been clones. I bet you can’t even name five.

Well there ws Col. McQueen and another main character from Space: Above and Beyond who were clones, or at least “grown” humans. And I may be wrong but didn’t they make clones of the SG1 crew in case of death of a member(s). Wasn’t Col. O’Neil killed and they replaced him with Col. O’Neill? It was so long ago I can’t remember. Dr. Bashir from ST-DS9 was gentically altered when he was very young. I’m not sure if you’d count that as cloning though. I believe that they also cloned a hero somewhere in Sliders. Then theres also a handful of people in “Brave New World”

My opinion as to why clones are always portrayed as evil is that they aren’t natural. And many people view the unnatural as wrong.

[b]I think after a few generations on entirely cloned reproduction, sex would be essentially forgotten.[/b]
SEX WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! Every animal has sex. Everything from insects to fish to primates. Heres another shocker for you, homosexuallity does occur in nature. It occurs amongst the alpha-male and other males with Congo chimp tribes. In addition a spiecies of sea worm has both sex organs. Conception occurs when one stabs another with his “weapon”. Oh yeah humans didn’t forget sex in “Brave New World”

[b]I do not believe that sexual appetite is something common to all humans[/b]
Humans think about sex every 6 seconds. mating is a natural urge and practice. See above. It’s need is so strong its at the base of Maslow Heirchy of needs. y’know right next to food and water.

[b] as I have never felt it[/b]
BULLS**T! Unless you’ve been a enuch since birth, have you?

[b]and I’ve always been taught that having such feelings would be bad.[/b]
Sex is natural. And unless your a clone, test tube baby, or artifical insemination; YOUR PARENTS HAD SEX! Obviously at least 1 of them exhibited some of those feelings for a brief moment!

Nothing personal, but dude, use some common sense!

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