Still, the judge's words echoed in the doctor's mind. The World Parliament had outlawed genetic engineering earlier that same year (2100) after Dr. Moreau had done his work. The whole process had been a farce from beginning to end. All the World Government wanted was to clean up the mess left behind by the old nation-states. Dr. Moreau and his creations had been caught up in the quagmire of the greatest revolution in human history.