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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (360819)	1/21/2018 4:04:03 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541921

"it robs us of our own humanity. " IIRC, I remember androids robbed all humanity in attendance of their lives at the end of Season 1, not the mention the saga of Governor Terminator.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (360819)	1/22/2018 8:51:48 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541921

We liked both series. It reminds me of the Tamagotchis- not sure if you remember those. My kids loved them. They were small "pets" that you had to take care of- or they died. And I thought it was a good experience for my kids- even if the "pets" weren't real, my kids emotions for them were, and their care was real. Practicing cruelty, even on non-feeling entities, reinforces the pathways of cruelty in the brain- and a strengthened pathway is a strengthened pathway- it doesn't really matter how it was strengthened.