Watchers

by Dean Koontz

“Applying knowledge is part of the process of learning more,” Lem said. “The scientist has to apply his discoveries to see where each application leads. Moral responsibility is on the shoulders of those who take the technology out of the lab and use it to immoral ends.”

Bullshit. They can see where this is going. If this horrifies the public, it's their fault. This particular type of research should be outlawed. Even creating a non-violent intelligent species opens up a whole realm of responsibility to/for the created.

But that would be playing into the hands of the new Luddites, who would use Yarbeck’s warrior to generate public hysteria in an attempt to bring an end to all recombinant-DNA research.

It should not have been created.

the hundred men from Marine Intelligence units who were still combing the foothills, dressed as civilians, using high-tech tracking gear and, in some cases, bloodhounds.

Nothing like this should be created without an implanted tracking device, or better yet, self destruct.

blow up in our face.”

It should blow up in their faces.

terrible sadness and pity at the plight of The Outsider: the beast would always be caged, always a freak, alone in the world as no other creature—not

responsibility to the created

mankind has no right to employ its genius in the creation of another intelligent species, then treat it like property.

Many people can't even do a good job bringing up the intelligent children they have created.

and then how can they keep the screws tight when their citizens have been given the means to manipulate the system and foil its controls on them?”

Those who own the networks and databases own your freedom.

the time for starting a family had passed.

There are plenty of black kids available for adoption.

“This is my computer,”

If I were this guy, I would never let anyone know my record keeping scheme, let alone where the data was.