@OP: That's a pretty crazy list of nothing. Hair and eye color changes, elf ears, I get it. You posted like 10 completely unnecessary extra examples of the same kinds of manipulation. Red eyes are up there like 5 times. Elves 4. One is more than enough. >_>
But yeah, I'd do it. If possible I'd change myself so much I'm not even human anymore. It's hard to explain why, but if I had the means to do so... sure. Really, I'd make the change because I see my fursona as the greater version of myself, sort of like who I am inside. If I could become that in reality, I would. Unlike many others, I don't see the big point in trying to be natural and not changing anything about ourselves, retaining our humanity. In my eyes, the physical part of humanity isn't what makes us special or in any way a good thing. I kind of like the idea of having a more diverse set of intelligent species on our planet. If some people choose to change themselves so much that they're no longer human... well, it certainly obscures how we look at species and the animal kingdom and life in general, but it could very well broaden our horizons quite a bit.
Imagine if mermaids were a real thing, made possible through genetic engineering. They could really contribute a lot to society and the arts, as living underwater is a concept almost entirely unimaginable to us. We stay on land a lot more than underwater, so they could be pretty useful in helping solve the many mysteries of the deep.
There's a lot of potential bad (if someone decides to get Spiderman web powers with genetic engineering, how do we deal with people suddenly being able to climb the sides of structures and swinging around? What about a guy who goes werewolf? Are claws considered concealed weapons?) but there's good in there.
Well, yeah, that could get pretty bad. Maybe we'd have to have laws against changing people's brains, so there are no crazy werewolf attacks. I still feel like we're going to get to this point in our lifetimes where such things are possible, and even if the law doesn't allow them, who's to say they won't happen anyway? Certainly it's harder to research and extract and change DNA sequences, synthesize the molecules and create viruses that will change a person's DNA to the new version against the watchful eye of the law, but somewhere, somehow, if the technology exists, it will happen. And we'll have to find a way to deal with it.
Really heavy stuff, actually. I think transhumanism is going to end up being a really big topic of debate over the next few decades. (not to say it isn't already)
