tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post6574366519012854946..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Sick in the GenomeGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-8593287118620896852006-12-29T16:02:00.000+00:002006-12-29T16:02:00.000+00:00Sure, and I've written about the non-optional "sac...Sure, and I've written about the non-optional "sacrifices" dogs have made for us <a href="http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2005/12/going-to-dogs.html">before</a>.<br /><br />But the article did state that a particular deformity was four times more common in Japan than in the US, and it also offered various comments on the specifically Japanese culture that encourages unscrupulous dealers "who see dogs as nothing more than an industrial product to make quick money" as the article put it.<br /><br />I also meant that we should take this as a warning of what can go wrong when people have the ability - as well as the inclination - to implement "eugenics" - even if the results are hardly "eu".Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-72231602249599592332006-12-29T15:49:00.000+00:002006-12-29T15:49:00.000+00:00It may be taken further in Japan than in the West ...It may be taken further in Japan than in the West (though I rather doubt that), but how do people think their darling purebred Fluffy-Wuffy came into being in the first place? The majority of modern dog breeds were created to match someone's aesthetic whim -- and yes, a great deal of inbreeding and killing off the defectives went into Fluffy's ancestry.<br /><br />The canine genome is particularly plastic, but that doesn't mean it should be seen as a tinker-toy for the idle rich.Bill Hookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00366270586730870964noreply@blogger.com