From: Billy Brown (ewbrownv@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Aug 11 1999 - 13:52:55 MDT
Robert J. Bradbury [SMTP:bradbury@www.aeiveos.com] wrote:
> The *sticky* point in my mind is we are entering the time when treatments
> that are entirely "enhancements", rather than "necessities" are
available.
> If the Extropian principles are those which should encourage diversity,
> minimize tyranny, manipulation/control by power bodies/majorities
> (including parents or medical authorities), etc., then it would seem to
> me that --
So, in other words, this is such a sticky problem that we should have
government make all the decisions? Somehow, that seems less than ideal to
me.
Or do you really want to see a regulatory agency defining "enhancement",
"treatment", "necessity" and so forth according to whatever political
forces happen to apply at the time?
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
ewbrownv@mindspring.com
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