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A Brave New World
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Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:56:14 GMT
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I wonder how many people here have read Aldous Huxley's *Brave New World*.
Many of the recent debates echo of things within this book:
population control,
sexual experimentation by young children,
individual rights,
...and so on.
While I am not certain exactly what Aldous Huxley was saying in this book, I
think it can be taken two distinct ways: A) A warning; or B) A model of utopia
If it is to be taken as a warning, then here are a few things a society
ought not to do...
Do not become jaded by the media as things that the media say is important,
may not be urgent (ie, gun control)
Do not let your children become accustomed to sexual experimentation at a
young age as they will have no emotional link to copulation at an older age.
Do not let your government pursue anything that may remove the rights of the
individual (keep in mind that to live in a society of individuals is a give
and take lifestyle).
If Brave New World is to be taken as a model of utopia, and this is your
goal, then simply ensure that the above does indeed transpire. If you are
pursuing a lifestyle of liesure in society where the government does
everything for you, than the utopia is the way to go.
In a world where the populaton is regulated so that only a necessary
workforce makes up the entirety of the population; where all individual
rights have been handed over to the governing body; where every negative
emotion can be escaped by the use of pills; the only niche available for a
stray individual is at the end of a noose.
One of the first steps to achieving this utopia seems to be the
relinquishing of arms, thereby allowing the governing body to have free
reign without fear of armed uprising from its citizens.
The next step is to ensure that the phrase "live free or die" loses its
meaning by arming the militia or police force with stun/incapcitaion
weapons, so that there are no martyrs of individual rights.
At some point, education must be dumbed down, so that noone is "too smart"
for their "own good".
It seems clear to me that the European nations are attempting to ensure a
utopia. The fact that the UK has willingly relinquished its weapons and is
in the process of unarming its own police force is horribly frightening.
It is my opinion that the citizens of the UK deserves everything that is
coming its way.
I believe it is no accident that the european nations are pursuing the
science of cloning while speaking out against procreation. The only sane
reason for this is to ensure a future population that has been manufactured.
I guess that's all I've got to say.
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| (...) It seems kind of contradictory to advocate tight control on the bodily functions of others and yet claim to value individual rights. Chris (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Nope, not me. American, was he? (...) Personally, I think this one does some good. There's serious discussion about this in the UK now, to replace the firearms of our armed police units. So long as this is still the exception rather than (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Kirby, It sounds from this and a subsequent response that you might be opposed to clone-related research. That's not so is it? What's to be against? Chris (23 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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