Ok ok,
I don’t have to tell you that there are plenty of good reasons to want your own clone:
a. Spare parts.
b. Slave labor.
c. Decoy in case of assassination attempts.
d. Source of excellent practical jokes on the spouse.
e. Reasonable doubt when you kill someone.
And that’s not even counting if you’re gay. But on the other side, there’s really just one reason you can’t have your own clone: It’s immoral. Sure, it’s illegal too, but that’s mostly because it’s immoral, so it’s really just one reason.
I always wonder who gets to decide what’s immoral when it comes to brand new things that aren’t anything like old things that we all agree on. It’s exactly this sort of question that makes me unfit to hold any kind of elected office. I always lean toward the practical approach that doesn’t make a good sound bite. For example, my political platform would include “Let’s make a few human clones just to see if any of them become soulless zombies intent on eating our flesh before descending to the bowels of Hell”
Cheers.
ps: I have my own clone in the making.
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