<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 11:00 AM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">According to The Week, the Wall Street Journal has reacted to the Chinese germline change attempts:<br><br></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">"Another danger is that the technique will be used to engineer offspring to your liking - say, to produce a 6'2" blond, blue eyed son with a 150 IQ. That's why it's imperative that scientists and the public establish 'widespread agreement about what is desirable' - before it's too late."<br><br></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">That blond kid really sounds dangerous to me. bill w<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Clearly meant to remind one of the Nazis. Wikipedia summarizes the dangers nicely:<br><br><i>"The main critique towards eugenics policies is that regardless of
whether "negative" or "positive" policies are used, they are vulnerable
to political abuse because the criteria of selection are determined by
whichever group is in power. Furthermore, negative eugenics in
particular is considered by many to be a violation of basic human
rights, which include the right to reproduction."<br><br></i></div><div>-Dave<br></div></div></div></div>