(July 11, 2015 at 7:11 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(July 11, 2015 at 6:56 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: And why do you think that is "the next logical step"? It certainly was not in my mind when I created this thread, which was a reaction to your response to my post in your thread in which you focussed on what I suggested was a bad last resort to avoid catastrophe.
I can't speak for her, but it seems like the natural next step once you grant the government the power to determine who can reproduce, because that process will either be random and arbitrary, or it will have criteria.
Bureaucracies detest randomness, and will surely move to establish criteria. And while genetic fitness is not the only criteria I can conceive, it is the one which, I believe, would prove most alluring.
Mind you, I'm not thinking you support it.
^This.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh