Prejudice in science fiction
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
You were the one who brought sex and Puritan values into this thread, not I. I don’t know if you’re trying to make me feel ashamed for saying cloning is okay or if you’re just trying to start an argument but it’s getting on my nerves.
No, DT. [b]YOU[/b] are the one who brought up this issue. Cloning is directly associated with sexuality.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
But in a cloned civilization sex would not be required to procreate, so the logical course of action would be to discontinue the practice.
A cloned civilization with the sexual instinct removed by genitic manipulation would not be considered human. It would be some other species, but not human.
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Originally posted by Headgehog:
Humans think about sex every 6 seconds.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
That’s an unfair generalization.
Unfair? It’s a fact, not speculation or generalization. Only the time increment varies.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
But in a cloned civilization sex would not be required to procreate, so the logical course of action would be to discontinue the practice.
In order to remove the sexual instinct, genetic manipulation would be necessary. Such a new creature could not be classified as human but as a new species.
Discrimination and racism (how humans would treat this new species) is a separate issue. It would seem likely that the clones would attempt to change humans to their way of life. Eventually this would result in war and hopefully the clone race would be exterminated.
In my book, preaching against the sexual drive is anti-life and therefore twisted and evil. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]