MIKADEMUS's blog: "REFLECTIONS OF A LYCANTHROPE"

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I have always felt the movie " Gattaca " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk3jiCyjL6Q was visionary but largely unappreciated for the message....... indeed the warning that it had for the human race should we slide into a " Orwellian, Corporatistic type society where technology has made " Big Brother " very real and manipulation of the human genome a prize too tantalizing for ruthless, ambitious factions to ignore. Polite and civilized men and women representing respective governments gather together and establish protocol for what is and isn't allowed in the pursuit of health and betterment of the human race but imagine for a moment what is going on in secret in countries across the entire political spectrum in the name of eugenics........... what is the " End Game ? " Like all emerging technologies it never takes long for " The Hawks " to turn it into a terrible weapon. Imagine an infantry soldier equipped with the latest weaponry in a dessert conflict. Historically the modern theater of war has relied heavily on air strikes to achieve military objectives but the infantry soldier remains an essential component (pawn ?) to the goal of winning any war. His/Her effectiveness is defined by the weaponry that is present but the weak link in the chain is the human body. Genetically engineer a man/woman who can run all day long in the hot sun, go days without food or water, show high resistance, to traditional pathogens etc.......... and you have a very effective weapon for defensive and offensive objectives. I seriously doubt that " Dark Eugenics " is not taking place in the world today. We witnessed past Olympics where a whole teams of gymnasts seemed to be altered using hormone therapy which if true would be unconscionable so genetic manipulation would be a real possibility. Dark Eugenics birth cry will be in the Junior Olympics where world records that are broken occasionally by hundredths, some times tenths of a second will be smashed by " whole seconds !] "