About one hundred and sixty years ago, our scientists discovered many things that would have been thought of as ridiculous in the years before. Many thought this was the wave of the future of science and all we knew. I've heard many stories, as a child, about this time in which scientists were discovering all kinds of things. They discovered a vaccination for the common cold, found a new planet, invented solution to starvation, landed on Mars, and even invented the cure for AIDS. "It was a remarkable time", my grandfather would say. "The 'Wave of Science', as we call it, was a time for science to show us what it could do."During this time, scientists also discovered a way to make exact replicas of a person. This was called ‘Cloning'. It was done by taking the cells of a person and putting them into another. A few years after that, scientists then found a way to make babies look exactly the way their parents wanted.
Because of this discovery, many wanted to have the most beautiful child in the world. They began thinking about what they wanted their child to look like. Soon, there was a survey that was conducted to see what the population thought the most beautiful person would look like. The results were counted quickly and were announced on every television station known to man. All were excited to see the results. In fact, it was recorded that every single person of the six billion or so that were on Earth at that time, had their television set on to see the big results.
Soon it was announced. The perfect child would be female, with a body like Jackie Claybourne (an extremely famous movie star at the time), a round face, with bright green eyes, big checks, a medium-dark complexion, a small, dainty nose, like Alexis Jackson, and thin, pink lips. Her hair would be long and dark, with wisps of curls hanging towards the front. She would be strong, but slim, and around five foot eight inches.
Everyone was astonished to finally hear the results to the famous 'Perfect Child Survey'. Most agreed that this child would be the most beautiful in the world. Soon, people were rushing to the hospitals, asking for the 'Perfect Child'. People all around the world were having this exact baby. After a short time, men and women would be walking their child in the park and see another just like their own. Parents would greet each other on the street, admiring each others babies because they were exactly the same. Though, every once in a while, someone would come by with a stroller that had a child in it that looked nothing like the 'Perfect Child'. Others would ask why they decided to have such an ugly baby and they would answer, "I wanted him to be unique."
Those who didn't have the 'Perfect Child' were shunned by the rest of the world and were said to be rebels that did not appreciate science and it's new discoveries. They were run out of their towns and homes, and sent to a small island in the middle of the Pacific.
Soon, everyone in the world looked the same, except for those that lived on the small "cast-away" island. These families that lived on the island taught their children that diversity is the key to life. Because of this, the island was growing larger in population and the people that lived there were all different, and none looked exactly like the other. This made the World Government extremely unhappy. They no longer could control that small group of rebels for it had turned into a large population of radicals. Although, in reality these people were nothing like rebels or radicals. They didn't even disobey the law. It's just that they wanted their children to be unique. It's not against the law to be different, but it soon was.
It was only a few days before the government decided to finally get rid of the radicals. They came to the agreement that their would be a law prohibiting people to have children that weren't the 'Perfect Child'. This law became Amendment 35 and was said that anyone who disobeyed the law would receive the death sentence, which was by Terminal Laser Treatment. Soon, almost all of the small island's inhabitants were destroyed. Only a few of us remain.
I'm writing this, in hopes that someone will find this final statement and attempt to right this terrible wrong or at least remember this holocaust and never let it happen... again.
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