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Re: National vote on handguns?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:11:11 GMT
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This somewhat illustrates one of my points in the Brave New World thread...
cloning advances seem to be on a parallel with population control, and may
eventually serve to eradicate individualism.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Trobaugh writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Enrique Durand writes:
> >
> > > You are absolutely right. In fact, why stop there? Since so many crimes
> > > involve cars (have you ever heard of a get-away bicycle), we should ban • private
> > > ownership of cars as well. And since the right to drive is not guaranteed
> > > anywhere in the Constitution, we don't even have to vote on it. It could just • be
> > > decreed.
> >
> > You know what? Not all crimes involve guns. Not all crimes involve cars. But
> > ALL crimes involve brains. If we made it illegal to possess a brain, ALL crime
> > would stop. We could remove brains from children as they are born, and within
> > about eighty years, we'd have no more crime. For all time! A permanent peace
> > would decend on the world and our ten thousand year crime spree would finally
> > end.
> >
> > Chris
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> Chris brings up a good point in sarcastic kind of way; Is man capable of
> living in a crime free society? Think back to the story of Eden, only two
> people and they too committed a crime even though they were living the
> "perfect" life. I think it's just part of human nature to make bad choices,
> and no matter how many laws or rules we apply, we can't control human nature.
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> Really all we can do is make sure there are consequences for one's actions,
> and that they are applied as evenly as possible.
>
> jt
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| (...) You are, no doubt, referring to *genetic* individualism rather than some boogie-man "cloned mind" scenario, since I'm sure you're aware that identical twins are not the same individual, and also that clones would likewise be two (or two (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Chris brings up a good point in sarcastic kind of way; Is man capable of living in a crime free society? Think back to the story of Eden, only two people and they too committed a crime even though they were living the "perfect" life. I think (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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