Is this for REAL!!!

[Somethindarker]

http://www.genpets.com/index.php

i have no clue about this "product" or if its real. i need some other people opinions. personally i'm disgusted if this is actually real. what dogs, cats etc. aren't enouph. now we have reached an age where our own decadence leads us to create LIVING beings just for commercial use. WTF are they thinkin! in my opinion this is morally, ethically and environmentally wrong! they even have set lifespans. jesus h. christ!


EDIT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpets
oh thank god.... i'm actually sooo relieved i just found this. sorry for jumping the gun. i was actually outright livid when i stumbled on this. my mistake i guess i was too mad to actually research this.

on a side note i don't think this topic has been discussed. what would your reaction be to something like this? what would be the public reaction? better yet what would be the governmental implications? discuss.

[Niles Crane]

Dear God, why did you make me nearly fall out of my chair?

[Siblesz]

I'd buy it.

I can just imagine the commercial:
"Hmmmmm... nothing to do today. Finding someone to play with is so hard! No one wants to be my friend. *sad puppy face* What to do, what to do? *a second of silence* OH, I KNOW! *lightbulb sparks* Why don't I play with my new Genpet! He's always there for me! I love mutating my Genpet! It's so fun! Look! *points at sister* My sister loves it too! She plays with Genpet all day long, and sometimes, during the night too! Let's all play! *theme song starts playing* Genpet, Genpet, the fun genetically-modified family pet! Yes, it's Genpet! Vulva and umbillical chord sold separetely."

[Richard the Lionheart]

Those don't even look real...

[Musashi]

This has to be someshort of hoaks. I mean it does'nt even look cute or anything. I'ts just... disgusting. But if this is the future it's horrifull. Next thing you know theyre making humanoids from those things to do all the work for us and to be our sextoys. If this si really going to happen in the near future then there really really is no God. Nore does the humanrase has any morals.

[Richard the Lionheart]

This has to be someshort of hoaks. I mean it does'nt even look cute or anything. I'ts just... disgusting. But if this is the future it's horrifull. Next thing you know theyre making humanoids from those things to do all the work for us and to be our sextoys. If this si really going to happen in the near future then there really really is no God. Nore does the humanrase has any morals.

It's a hoax...they're fake. :wink:

[Rex Invictus]

did you read the FAQ? I dont think Hell is enugh for this people. They are more then Ateists. Some Insider news now. "human soul is hold by force by the human brain (electicity), mostly the dead are missing the life and come back here (reincarnation)." What about those GENPET's? who are they? some computer chip thing? or....? This is typical human bean. First do somthing for profit and then if somthing goes worg - Who cares.! This is why Democracy is Bulls..t. If i were imperator of U.S. today, Holocaust was nothing. What a gouverment need is an iron hand. Hamurabi code was good solution.

Check out the bio-genetic site. there is more. "Genpets™ Baby are a pocketable version of the GenPets™ that can be grown to any one of 6 personality types."

[Darkragnar]

Relax mate, there just an anti-Cloning site designed to get the people worked up and disgusted , the people who made this site are agaisnt Genteic Cloning and Stem Cell research,
you got caught up in there trap thats all, the "Genpet" are suppose to trigger an Disgusting responce towards thema s the material present on the site as well as there writting Style is deliberate.

You have to admit though its a pretty brilliant Marketing design alright.

[Tostig]

They are more then Ateists.

Damn those evil ateists! They're almost as bad as atheists and everying.

If i were imperator of U.S. today, Holocaust was nothing.

So you'd really be happy to exterminate everyone who disagrees with you? Fair enough! Damn those human rights and that damn legal system! Things were so much easier when we could just hit people with axes, non?

[Tony83]

I wonder how long it will be before they'll be doing this for real!

It's going to happen; money and market needs seem to speak louder than ethics and morals.

[Tom Paine]

I wonder how long it will be before they'll be doing this for real!

It's going to happen; money and market needs seem to speak louder than ethics and morals.

We buy and sell pets. Whats the difference, really? It is absolutely just as moral.

[Lord Tomyris]

Hmm, they'd never catch on. Real pets are so much cooler...I want a cat!

[DougyM]

http://www.genpets.com/index.php

i have no clue about this "product" or if its real. i need some other people opinions. personally i'm disgusted if this is actually real. what dogs, cats etc. aren't enouph. now we have reached an age where our own decadence leads us to create LIVING beings just for commercial use. WTF are they thinkin! in my opinion this is morally, ethically and environmentally wrong! they even have set lifespans. jesus h. christ!

Sea Monkeys.

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Personaly i think thats pretty fooking cool.

Of course... if that stuff ever becomes reality i hope the pets dont look like crucified scrotums though.

There is no moral question about it, as long as your not a holier than though religious zealot you would realise that man has already created so many thousands of species of animals that we are already effectively "damned" in religious peoples eyes.

Selective breeding to create new animal types has been going on for thousands of years.

Its just that now... designing the individual features ourselves is becoming possible rather than leaving it up to chance via selevtive breeding.

Now we are about to get to the point where we can manufacture animals that provide a much greater yield in meant/milk/cotton whatever than we have ever been able to.


Im all for it. And yes... if hell exists no doubt ill be a resident in the not too distant future... hope to see you there!

[Silver Guard]

Genpets? Argh, obviously an atheist plot to take over the globe, we'll have to wipe them all out, you in? Good, now wheres my axe...No, wait, I'm the devil, I can just send them all to hell! No, hell not good enough, hmmm, have to think of something else, got it! BLAKZ! Got a cool name aswell! And you can be tormented by 'Xtina' all day long! Howdabout that, a new hell just for Genpet makers!

Now, on a serious note, that was a realy well thought out assault on Genetic Engineering, lets all give a spontaneous (or not so spontaneous) standing inovation, one, two three! Gutted, am I the only one standing? I'll just go back to my hole now...*snifff*

Anyway, who is this guy? I ned to manufacture a new nobel prize just for 'creatative assault on ethicly evil possibilities'

[Tom Paine]

Anyway, who is this guy? I ned to manufacture a new nobel prize just for 'creatative assault on ethicly evil possibilities'

Define ethically evil. Its an odd set of ethics that makes this utterly wrong but breeding pets (like dogs) for specific purposes perfectly fine, given that both are manipulating life for financial/commercial gain.

[Xiaodun]

I don't see why one would be disgusted by this, but not at traditional pets. After all, what are real pets but living creatures enslaved for the comforts of humans?

[Lord Tomyris]

You can't take the Genpets away! You'll break his heart!

[Silver Guard]

a) did I ever say that I approve of selectivly breeding animals? In dogs I prefer those nearest wolves, in cats those nearest persian (which have stayed relatively the same for thousands of years)
b) I'm pretty sure my cats are happy enough, they have no collars, have a wild field to play in, don't get tripped over to often, get fed twice daily, dosn't sound like slavery to me

[Tom Paine]

a) did I ever say that I approve of selectivly breeding animals? In dogs I prefer those nearest wolves, in cats those nearest persian (which have stayed relatively the same for thousands of years)

But are you arguing that it is in fact totally inethical to breed them away from their basic state?

b) I'm pretty sure my cats are happy enough, they have no collars, have a wild field to play in, don't get tripped over to often, get fed twice daily, dosn't sound like slavery to me

Beside the point. You keep them and own them and as such it is in fact the equivalent of slavery if these gen-pets are.

[Xiaodun]

So what? Its ok to buy living creatures, and then decide their lives at whim, but not so if the living creatures were manufactured? Especially when considering that "normal" pets were pretty much born to be bought by some stranger on the street anyways.

The genpets would be fed wont they? They will recieve shelter and food wont they? Then what makes them different to their other enslaved breathren?