Good grief, I go off-line for a few days and miss all the fun of a great discussion.
I will not try to answer points - even though I am sorely tempted... however, summary as I see it is:
CS is saying that we have no need to dabble in something that could be a huge problem if the technology falls into the hands of crazy materialists who are hell bent on creating drones to be exploited. Also the risks associated with the technology lead to many disturbing "mistakes".
Maciamo is desperate to change everybody's thinking to be just the same as he is because the rest of us are completely misguided and watch too much Science Fiction.
GomiGirl thinks that Maciamo is naive to only look at benefits without checks and balances on the use of the technology.
Torigaa has a question about genetic diseases (see below)
Taro wants a larger penis
Did I miss anything?
To answer Torigaa's question...
If a clone is made of a person with a genetic disorder, then the clone will have the same disorder. Genetic illnesses are usually recessive and only show up in a few small percentage of the population. A person may be a "carrier" but the disease may not manifest itself at all or even in their children. It is a huge lottery. But it is very easy to test for genetic illnesses.
Also, I am a huge fan of gene therapy. This is where a "virus" is given to a person with a genetic disorder (note virii are different to bacteria in that they infect within the DNA - actually breaking open the chain and inserting itself into it and "living" there until it dies - this is why you cannot cure the common cold virus and shouldn't take anti-biotics for a virus)
This manufactured virus goes into your DNA and removes or replaces "bad" DNA with good DNA thus removing a genetic disorder.
This will be very important in the future for diseases such as spinobifeda (spelling?), sickle cell aenameia, etc etc.. maybe even HIV some day.....
Before people start jumping up and down, this will not make you taller, smarter, change the colour of your hair etc. But will be used for clearly identifiable "errors" in genetic code which cause these genetci disorders.
As I said I am a huge fan of this, however, again I stress that strict checks and balances be used in this technology also to prevent abuse.