Re: MEDIA: A Cyborg unplugged - what is really important

From: Louis Newstrom (louisnews@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Mar 18 2002 - 16:59:26 MST


From: "Samantha Atkins" <samantha@objectent.com>

> 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?

Actually, I don't think anyone was thinking of MY rights. They were
legislating what surgeries the DOCTOR can ethically perform. Cutting and
sewing human parts (or even the possession of a human part) is very much
regulated in the US.

If my augmentation could be done without surgery, I don't think I would have
had any problems.



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