Pets Cloned: Peter Onruang Pays $310K To Clone Beloved Dogs

I find this story tragic, for so many different reasons, but chief among them is that the man doesn't understand the basics of cloning, and seems to believe that he'll be getting the original pets back.  He's not even likely to get pets who look anything like the originals (forget about their personalit­ies or souls).

He really is the example that there are people with too much money who shouldn't be allowed to do with it as they please.

if the choice is to spend $310,000 on an experience which isn't going to do what he hopes or spending the money to save a human's life, we would then be in a quandary over "Which someone?"  It could just as easily be someone who may directly or indirectly lead to a momentous discovery which would better the human condition for everyone, as it could be someone who might later give birth to a seriaI kiIIer.  It's a gamble any way, but I think most would agree the money would be better spent on humans alive today.

But what is it about Americans' relationsh­ip with money, and unrestrict­ed and unregulate­d capitalism­, that requires Peter Onruang's decision be sacrosanct­, protected and guaranteed­?  The American poor and middle class have lost more ground these past 40 years, will never regain it and are about to become a third world nation where homelessne­ss on par with Haiti is likely, and yet we treat this story as an intellectu­al exercise in debate.
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