Its "nice" that Q Todd rewrote the bylaws (See: 2nd Last Para) of the Sigma Alfa Epsilon Fraternity, I had no idea MY complete rewrite of the Student Government bylaws and its Student Body wide referendum in 1973 had such an exemplary impact. In fact I had entirely forgotten about it. At our 25th anniversary at Allegheny, as I shook his hand on the steps of Bentley Hall to congratulate him on his appointment by President Clinton, I said "See how much good it did ya to have me kick your ass twice. eh? eh? eh?" smile smile "See...things always work out for the best in life". To see those comments, parroted in the last two paragraphs here was stunning. After thirty years of looking in the mirror, perhaps I can be forgiven for wondering if at its root, the entire affair was just a matter of a gay Dickinson and what won't reach where ;)
As regards the commercialization of Life and the ownership of Genes I have to go with the Bible on this one.
Then the Lord God said Behold, the man has become
like one of us, knowing good and evil, and now, lest he put forth his hand and
take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" - therefore the Lord
God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was
taken. He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the
cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the
tree of life. The Holy Bible Genesis
3:23