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by laudablepuss 12/07/2004, 12:50pm PST |
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Monster Gardening.
Can someone explain this last paragraph to me?
I suspect the conservatives will get more than they bargained for. If Hurlbut's plan succeeds, it will, as promised, prevent the destruction of many human embryos. But it will also expose and weaken the fragile distinction between us and our parts. Tweak this gene or that, and a cell that would have become you becomes a weed, a monster, a multiplying mess. There, but for the grace of God, go you. And now that cell won't be at God's mercy. It will be at ours.
How does it weaken the distinction between me and my appendix, that's in a jar? And sure, there but for the grace of God go I, but there are a million places I'd be but for the grace of God, and if God weren't such a fucking dick, there are a million better places I could be too. |
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