From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sat Mar 16 2002 - 21:57:43 MST
Why should there be any necessity in a free country to convince
anyone that what you wanted in the way of augementation,
implanted or not, is "necessary"? By what right does any
government get to legislate how bright or capable their
citizen's make themselves in any capacity or the means they use
to do so?
Don't we (those of us who believe in the right to augments) to
challenge every single assumption that it is valid for any body,
governmental or otherwise, to regulate such individual choices?
To me, anything less than a total negation of anyone's right to
limit such is giving our opponents a decided advantage.
- samantha
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> "Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Louis Newstrom wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So it's not a slippery slope (meaning we might go further), because it's
>>>already here. Enhancement is considered "unethical" by the AMA. We have to
>>>work to make enhancement actually allowed, then accepted, then viewed as
>>>"necessary equipment" for some people.
>>>
>>Are you sure that is the precise AMA position? If it is are a lot
>>of plastic surgeons performing "unethical" procedures.
>>
>
> None of which are covered by insurance. Then again, the AMA is not a
> monolithic group. Only a small percentage of doctors are actually
> members. The AMA has devolved into a rather well promoted clique of
> aristo-liberal practitioners with far more clout than they deserve,
> primarily due to their medical journal.
>
> Where things will get interesting with augmentation is when an
> augmentation for a handicapped person makes them MORE capable than the
> norm. When this occurs (and it is already in the area of amputee
> sprinters), then it will become undemocratic to prevent the normal from
> becoming augmented. The luddites may try to pass regs which require that
> augmentations do not provide more ability than the norm posesses,
> whereupon the advocates for the handicapped will ramp up their lobbying
> bandwagons...
>
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