Bionics and our biophysical future

I wouldn't support the development of a bionic person, I don't see a reasonable goal beyond a desire to see what technology can do. Bionic prostetics for people that may lose their life sounds reasonable, but creating a new person who's body is purely bionic doesn't sound like a good idea. It's a similar question to what was discussed heavily in the 80's, regarding whether or not a cyborg was human, and even extending back to the 60's with Stanely Kubrick's 2001 Space Odessy and the question of whether Hal, the ship's computer, had a soul or not. Our computers haven't been able to create something close enough to a human to pass the basic definition of what we deem as human, but certainly a few of these have been met. The ability to reproduce, being an organized system, having homeostasis are a few of the qualifications pushing computers/cyborgs/bionic people towards human status. I would not change my mind if it were for military purposes, if anything I would feel stronger about not abusing technology to reinforce dominance of one country over another.