On Saturday 06 October 2007 13:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The "bacteria" to replace these would have to not just absorb carbon > > dioxide but also exhale oxygen to truly fit the bill, however. > > Well, now if something happens like in the movies that there are unexpected > negative consequences to this new life form... what kind of rights would it > have? Would we ethically be able to kill it? > > Like Pete said... if plants aready do this, why not use real plants?
Hi Larry! Bob was talking about plants in his initial post, which I trimmed to conform to my one screen rule. Plants don't have rights, but a human may have a property right to the life of a plant, if he/she owns that plant. New forms of life so far have all been based on existing organisms, controlled mating combinations. These new forms of life have no more rights than the life forms they are derived from. The left wants animals to have rights of their own, but this has not been translated into law that I know of. -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
