[extropy-chat] UN Delays Decision on Human Cloning

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

natashavita at earthlink.net wrote:

> Here's some good news -
> 
> "November 6, 2003; UNITED NATIONS, New York City (AP and CNN) -- The United
> Nations voted narrowly Thursday to delay for two years any consideration of
> a treaty to ban human cloning, an issue that has left the world body
> bitterly divided.  Facing rival resolutions on a total ban or a partial
> ban, the General Assembly's legal committee voted 80-79 to accept a motion
> introduced by Iran on behalf of the 57 Islamic nations to postpone U.N.
> action on the issue. Fifteen countries abstained."
> 
> **Now if we could have the gates open for theraputic clonging, I'd be
> really happy.

"Clonging" can mean either knee-licking or the soft sound of a doorbell 
chime.  Which did you have in mind?

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence