Ok lemme try to move back to the topic; I have two concerns with this type of research (both cloning and stem cell research): 1. Western society is already obsessed with''perfection". Down this road of research lies the ability to produce "perfect" offspring. This will, in my opinion, serve only to further increase the division between "haves" and "have-nots". For an hypothetical example, look at Nancy Kress' award-winning novel Beggars in Spain, which is about a generation of humans engineered not to need sleep and the resultant conflict between them and the rest of humanity. While this science has the potential to benefit humanity, I believe it will also be misused for personal gain, opening up a whole new world of societal problems. 2. Diversity is key to the survival of species. This concept is altogether lost on those who would use cloning technology to make us all better and more similar. Again, a more far-future problem, but a problem nonetheless. Having said that.... I recall i am not against this type of research. Let's face it, it's going to happen anyway. In the past few years Western governments tried to put the brakes on, and as we now see, the Koreans went ahead and did the research anyway. Better, in my opinion, to charge ahead in full public view, and with the resources of the Western world, than to let all the advances happen outside any transparent scope of examination. I'm a firm believer that if you decide to go with scientific advancement (as a culture), then you should go all the way. Ditch the luddites, as it were. Scientific advancement has brought us a lot, from good (pennicillin) to the bad (nuclear weapons). With every new advance we have the potential to solve problems or create more. Instead of shying away from it in order to avoid the bad, we should support research and hope for the good. Have your say.