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Why is cloning controversial?

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Because If the concept of cloning is drawn out to the extreme it is conceivable that particular types of humans can be deliberately created then cloned to make for instance the perfect soldier, factory labourer, mathematician etc, etc. Money hungry companies and power hungry politicians have in the past shown that they are capable of nearly any access so there are those that are worried about the implications of even possessing the knowledge to do it.

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