Put me down on the list of Sake supporters, I don’t believe Hitler was inherently more “evil” (whatever that means) than anyone else. To everyone who disagrees, I would like to ask one question, “Are you a slave to your biology?” I’m not (except that I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body. 
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Some of us may be a bit confused at to how identical a clone would be. A clone would have the same genetic description. This description is pretty close, but the details are left up to fate. Identical twins do not have the same retina scans. Nor do they have the same sinus cavity structure. It may be difficult to tell them apart at the macroscopic level, but the devil is in the details. They will have the same fingerprints, however. A lot of these differences can be chalked up to generative variables. There are many, many things that can change a person even before he is out of the womb.
One of the problems with cloning is that there is the possibility of a great deal of damage done to both the host cell and the transplanted nucleus. Although some thing might develop from this, it’s not likely to be productive. Ever see that movie “It’s Alive”?
What if someone were to clone you without your permission? All it would take is one hair folicle. Fortunately, most of us paeons don’t have anything to worry about, but what about Mikey Jordan or the gorgeous Gillian Anderson? The clone could look just like the famous person and would have the same fingerprints, etc.
Bored: "But what would happen if we allowed humans to be genetically engineered? " Whether we “allow” someone to do something or not, it’s going to be done somewhere. What we as a society should do is to attempt to make this technology available to the less wealthy. Furthermore, you don’t point out the exponential rate at which the rich will get richer. When someone is genetically engineered, it’s not only them that get affected, but all of their descendants as well. When the second generation is engineered, the third generation will have all of those properties as well.
egkelly: The premature aging may be due to the shorter telomerase at the ends of the chromosomes. This can be fixed by inserting a gene for the production of telomerase into the original nucleus which will then be copied to every other cell and thereby ensuring that this creature and the subsequent organs will have a natural lifespan longer than yours or mine.
DavidB: Thanks for your input Davidcakes.
Cristi: If a disposition for epilepsy can be traced to a specific gene sequence then yes, your clone would develop the same disposition as you have. Of course, if this gene sequence can be determined it can probably also be manipulated.
Breckinshire: A spoon?
Otto: Austrian!?! Yeah, those sick bastards are evil to the core. Now we know what Hitler’s problem was. [That was a lame attempt at humor and not to be taken seriously. I don’t even know any Austrians. If there are any Austrians in the audience who feel they have been denigrated by this little episode I offer you my deepest and most heartfelt, “Get over it.”]
Voted most likely to ramble on inanely - I hope I’ve not taken someone else’s title ‘cause as far as I know I just made that up and I wouldn’t want to make anyone mad at me or anything like that and all ya’ know.
