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First cloned sheep put to sleep.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&t ... at=Cloning
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Rest in peace dolly. You made a world full of paranoid freaks who are worried about human cloning.
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RIP, Dolly. Glad you didn't end up in the mutton section at the supermarket. Are they going to save her body for a museum?
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Defiant wrote:RIP, Dolly. Glad you didn't end up in the mutton section at the supermarket. Are they going to save her body for a museum?
I guess so, or at least something liek a blood sample. Still, I'd rather have the cloneburgers.
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It really is sad. Dolly was kinda a cut looking sheep. Especially with the shots of her trying to jump up and look out her pen, kinda like an explorer in a new universe. She pioneered something that is, to say the least, amazing. At the same time she had to endure hardships because of what she is.

A tribute to Dolly for her contributation to science. May she rest in peace.
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Yes, Dolly will be remembered for what she signaled the begining of. Can't wait for the people that'll come and say "It was a god damn sheep!".
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It was a god damn sheep!
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Captain tycho wrote:Rest in peace dolly. You made a world full of paranoid freaks who are worried about human cloning.
She was too cute to die. Wait, I ain't soft, so screw that pack of lamb chops.
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UltraViolence83 wrote:It was a god damn sheep!
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Admiral Johnason wrote:
Captain tycho wrote:Rest in peace dolly. You made a world full of paranoid freaks who are worried about human cloning.
She was too cute to die. Wait, I ain't soft, so screw that pack of lamb chops.
You mean mutton

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Captain tycho wrote:Rest in peace dolly. You made a world full of paranoid freaks who are worried about human cloning.
Although, it did raise the question in my mind of whether or not the 'chronic lung disease' was something genetic resulting from the fact that she was a clone.
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Admiral Johnason wrote:
Captain tycho wrote:Rest in peace dolly. You made a world full of paranoid freaks who are worried about human cloning.
She was too cute to die. Wait, I ain't soft, so screw that pack of lamb chops.

:shock: Um, you don't have to screw a dead sheep to prove to us that you aren't soft. We'll take your word for it. :twisted:
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Dolly, you will be remembered as one of those pioneers who began to give hope to single scotsmen everywhere.
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I was wondering: what exactly is the point of cloning? To grow custom organs and limbs for people who need them, and/or giving infertile couples and gays another option for reproduction? I can't see any other reasons for it other than those.

(Excluding the Raelian's beliefs on eternal life through it.)
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UltraViolence83 wrote:I was wondering: what exactly is the point of cloning? To grow custom organs and limbs for people who need them, and/or giving infertile couples and gays another option for reproduction? I can't see any other reasons for it other than those.

(Excluding the Raelian's beliefs on eternal life through it.)
That is a good question. I'm not sure the reasons myself.
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Ultraviolence83 wrote:I was wondering: what exactly is the point of cloning?


What? Didn't AOTC teach you anything?

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"You made a world full of paranoid freaks who are worried about human cloning'

People were worried about human clones well before dolly, though then it was mostly SF writters.
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LadyTevar wrote:
Captain tycho wrote:Rest in peace dolly. You made a world full of paranoid freaks who are worried about human cloning.
Although, it did raise the question in my mind of whether or not the 'chronic lung disease' was something genetic resulting from the fact that she was a clone.
It may have had something to do with tthe fact that while Dolly was physically younger than the template, genetically, she was the same age as the template. Her DNA was unravelling at a steady rate, and she also had however many years the template was alive on top of that.
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I hope I'm not the only one to realize the incredibaly amusing irony of man putting a sheep to sleep.....
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Hey, that's right! Ha.
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Darth Fanboy wrote:Dolly, you will be remembered as one of those pioneers who began to give hope to single scotsmen everywhere.
I resent that.
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