Re: (NOISE) Re: PLA_gue Germ Terrorism

17 Dec 2003

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On Sat, 30 Dec 1995, jonnyx wrote:
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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:54:15 -0600 (CST)
From: jonnyx <jonnyx@edge.edge.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: (NOISE) Re: PLA_gue Germ Terrorism
In a recent message, John Young babbled:
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am i troll-bait or what?
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Think that's fun? How 'bout this: given that the initial "mapping"
phase of the human genome project is nearly complete, and the huge
amount of genetic information available on the net, PLUS ever-
more-powerful-yet-less-costly computers anyone can purchase, just
how long do y'all think it'll be before some nut whips up a bug
that targets, say, people with negroid genetic characteristics?
Or epicanthic folds? Or blonde hair?
this is so much shit.  targetting anything is very difficult.  just ask 
all those people about the wonders of gene therapy.  hell, even the 
economist had an article about it's failures recently (Dec 16-22 1995, 
p77).

in any event the so-called 'differences' you are imagining are
phenotypes.  these are a long cry from DNA.  i'm not aware of any
genetic markers available to distinguish a black man from a white
man. and, even if there were, recombination requires long
stretches of homology between DNAs, not small differences.  i'd bet
it's nearly impossible to target black vs white vs yellow vs a
gorilla.
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Seem kinda far-fetched? The November NUTS & VOLTS has a nifty
yes.

- -pjf

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