Memo to Dr. Jensen and co.

We're not aiming for something ethically compromised and morally bankrupt like eugenics. What we're aiming for is passive adherence to responsible policies concerning our national genetic security. Not everyone is comfortable with the idea of modifying thier kids. Heck, remember that most states have tight regulations on even playing around with *abandoned* embryos.

Still, with our genome sequenced and new discoveries concerning the fundamental inner workings of the human animal emerging almost daily, our species has acquired a new way to identify itself. It's easy to imagine that, in several years, online dating services will allow clients to select potential mates with compatible immune systems, and perhaps help prevent two heterozygotes for a lethal or detrimental mutation from meeting. More importantly, this improves the nation as a whole, as it reduces the amount of money spent on treating congential defects, while simultaneously expanding our pool of productive citizens.

But why restrict this kind of thing to the private sector? After all, no matter how responsible these policies are, we'd be lucky to get 50% cooperation. Unfortunately, the project requires that we improve at *least* 76.3% of the cohort to ensure that minimal amounts of detrimental alleles make it to the next generation. Thus, it needs to be implemented on a national scale and applied to the entire population for the course of at least two to three generations.

Therefore, stop whining about "natural order", we're making a better American people, and our duty to ensure that outcome trumps anything else we might want to consider.