NP - Stem Cell Fumble

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Sun Aug 26 21:28:19 CDT 2001


Sorry for the delayed response.  Been on the coast of Maine, escaping August 
in New Orleans.

But I must say your argument is obvious and Luddist, which might (or not) be 
OK.  The only responsible Luddist position is that of Man's mediation and 
negotiation with the Machine.  It will not go away, no matter how morally 
upright your futile position may be.  Fantasy King Richard's Faire-types 
still yearn for those days of fairies and dragons.

The Knowledge of Good and Evil was unleashed long ago.  Now we must deal 
with it.  WE ARE THEY, and neither of us will go away.

David Morris

>From: "barbara100 at mail.jps.net" No. I don't buy that worm business.  We 
>make our good and evil decisions all along the way, whether cans be open or 
>not.  There's always a can of worms open somewhere. How many chances did 
>Pokler have to escape Germany in GR?  His wife escaped, didn't she?  And 
>remember They gave him that unrestricted leave with his daughter, and he 
>thought about running, but didn't? He went back because he felt too 
>powerless against Them, and because he wouldn't recognize the part he 
>played in the scheme of things; it was too painful for him to see how his 
>individual choices were creating the outcomes they did. Pokler played a 
>part in that evil just like we all play our parts.  You sound like Pokler 
>with your wormy, "oh, we're defenseless against Them talk."  We *are* Them. 
>All of us, with our individual choices along the way.
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>From: David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
>
>But my point was that the can of worms is open already.

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