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Re: A Brave New World
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 13:16:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes:

> 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).

It seems kind of contradictory to advocate tight control on the bodily
functions of others and yet claim to value individual rights.

Chris



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  Re: A Brave New World
 
(...) It's just part of the formula suggested in the book. If intercourse has no meaning other than pleasure, then it becomes a function that fits smoothly into the utopia. Remove all emotional ties to copulations at the earliest age possible and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  A Brave New World
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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