tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post5946918198173366067..comments2024-03-28T08:15:02.660-05:00Comments on Dad29: The Obozo Queerness Re: Families, "Privacy", and LifeDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-62893810820307198442012-03-17T20:34:21.898-05:002012-03-17T20:34:21.898-05:00Grim, the answer to your question is also found in...Grim, the answer to your question is also found in the Declaration: "...laws of nature and Nature's God."<br /><br />Yes, careful. <br /><br />The concern about cloning causing derogation is not, perhaps, as serious as the concern over abortion (to the same effect.) But certainly cloning will further the derogation of marriage--or what passes for it--as the ground for family formation.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-127545502349595082012-03-17T12:15:02.743-05:002012-03-17T12:15:02.743-05:00Protecting life unless it comes to cutting social ...Protecting life unless it comes to cutting social safety nets to the bone? Priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-19798268576467923722012-03-17T11:17:51.703-05:002012-03-17T11:17:51.703-05:00Another great "teacher", William Henry C...Another great "teacher", William Henry Cosby, Jr., once queried, "Why is there air?" and posited that there is air "To blow up volleyballs."<br /><br />Now this was one of many answers that Prof. Cosby could have suggested, but he chose this particular one to give his "students" something to consider.<br /><br />The first paragraph you've quoted contains the following key phrase:<br /><br /><i>the teacher then provides sample answers, so students know if they covered the issues</i><br /><br />In my opinion this phrase renders the Breitbart article's and your conclusion weak and unsupported. "Sample" answers do not suggest "true" or "correct" or "this is what I believe" answers in this context. They suggest what legal paths a student, a lawyer, or a judge should consider taking in analyzing, arguing or deciding an issue.<br /><br />Pretty scary, huh?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-57842818195715722352012-03-17T09:34:47.314-05:002012-03-17T09:34:47.314-05:00I don't know about this one. It seems to me t...I don't know about this one. It seems to me that you'd be in peril of statism on either horn of the dilemma: to the degree that you decide that the State does have a compelling interest that justifies it meddling inside of families, you get a conclusion that is at least as statist. Thus, what we have is not a deadly path and a safe path, but two dangerous paths, either of which must be traveled with great care.<br /><br />In terms of the question of cloning one's self, what is the evidence that I would treat a clone of myself as less than human? I would think most people would be prone to view such a clone (which would have to begin as a child) as a particularly shining example of humanity -- it's more like them than any other human they know.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com