ahab as luddite

[Mutualcode at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/1/02 11:12:15 PM, jbor at bigpond.com writes:

<< on 2/2/02 12:03 PM, Mutualcode at AOL.COM at Mutualcode at AOL.COM wrote:

> Right. Except Ahab wasn't huntin' no "spinach whale," and Rosinante's
> spinal cord wasn't fiber-optic...
> 

A separate issue, of course. Regardless, things like antibiotics and condoms
and farms are examples of "bio-technology" too, and direct forerunners of
current initiatives in that field. I'd say it's the ethics rather than the
technology that needs to be questioned.
 >>

What do you mean by- "A separate issue, of course."? Whose ethics do
you think ought to be questioned?