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Darth Wong wrote:Why must everything boil down to the "rights" of some entity? Why can't someone say that states simply need to do certain things in order to serve the general public welfare?

What does "the general public welfare" mean to you?

The real question is, how effective is punishment? Which kinds of punishment are more effective than others? It seems to me that many people no longer look at prison time as something to be avoided at all costs. Rather, it's just something you have to live through if you get caught. How is that eit...

Let's keep in mind that there's a difference between (physical) finitude and (economic) scarcity. For example, there is a physically finite amount of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. However, that oxygen is not considered economically scarce. This is due to the fact that the amount of oxygen, while phy...

Well isn't that less a reflection on the response of people and more a reflection on the insufficient levels of punishment? Implying that punishment should be something so drastic that you DON'T do it, or DON'T get caught the next time. -AHMAD It would seem that, for some people, the only punishmen...

The real question is, how effective is punishment? Which kinds of punishment are more effective than others? It seems to me that many people no longer look at prison time as something to be avoided at all costs. Rather, it's just something you have to live through if you get caught. How is that eith...

VICTORY OR DEATH! VICTORY OR DEATH! VICTORY OR DEATH!

I think that about sums it up.

There's no reason for them to come into conflict with the protagonists, unless they value aquiring new knowledge or technology, or have some sort of ideology. Ah, good point -- and something I missed in the OP. Yes, I'd say they can recognize other species' technology as such, and are interested in...

As anyone fairly well-versed in Star Trek knows, the Borg started out as this nasty, cybernetic, technology-obsessed race. Over the years and series, a number of unfortunate brain bugs came out of them. I'd like to offer a "re-imagining" of the Borg that is hopefully more realistic and avo...