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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TimF who wrote (13171)7/26/2001 11:14:06 PM
From: CVJ  Respond to of 59480
 
It is becoming ok to kill you in the Netherlands. About half-way down in this NYT article. You might need to register, free.

French Minister Admits Euthanasia
nytimes.com

Chas



To: TimF who wrote (13171)7/26/2001 11:19:52 PM
From: Father Terrence  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 59480
 
If I added selective DNA strings to a chimpanzee, enough to boost its cognitive thought (because it has been proven chimpanzees do have, to some degree, cognitive thought), would that make it human? Would it have rights? Would killing it be murder?

Just thinking out loud. We may be doing just that in less than a decade.