To: steve-b
"Colson manages to combine the worst impulses of the Religious Right (their version of Big Brotherism) and the Religious Left (class warfare)."
No, Colson is saying that Nazi-like thinking of humans as only things (or good genetic material is wrong). Thinking of "fathers" as mere sperm doners is also wrong.
Having a world where these bred-for-brain-and-body MIT types cannot be sure that they are not marrying their half sister/brother because of anoymous sperm donations and no true family tree is also a problem.
18 posted on
06/01/2006 7:34:11 AM PDT by
Monterrosa-24
(Pork barbeque, bacon, pork chops, sausage, ribs, ham, pork rinds are so good and so offensive to...)
To: Monterrosa-24
Colson is saying that Nazi-like thinking of humans as only things (or good genetic material is wrong).
For this to actually be "nazi-like" government would have to be behind it. As it stands it's a choice individuals are making that is not very much different then why and how people choose mates. What would be nazi-like is to have government enforcing rules that makes sure no one is genetically superior.
21 posted on
06/01/2006 7:52:06 AM PDT by
Durus
("Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." JFK)
To: Monterrosa-24
Having a world where these bred-for-brain-and-body MIT types cannot be sure that they are not marrying their half sister/brother because of anoymous sperm donations and no true family tree is also a problem.
As an MIT employee I can assure you that there are few, if any, bodies here worth looking at....
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