A legal and ethical delimma of the future.

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Your opinion on the case.

I believe that Adam should be allowed to compete. It is unfair to him to discriminate against him for the details of his conception.
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I believe that Adam should be allowed to compete. I do not ethically support the conception of his birth, but he's legally defended.
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8%
I do not believe he should be allowed to compete. I do not think that he should be discriminated against on the conception of his birth, but it is unfair to the other competitors.
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25%
I do not believe that Adam should be allowed to compete on the basis of his differing conception.
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3%
Other (specify)
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6%
 
Total votes: 36
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Re: A legal and ethical delimma of the future.

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His Divine Shadow wrote:
Gil Hamilton wrote:The year is around 2040. A landmark case in New York is happened, centering around a sixteen year old boy in high school. This boy, named Adam, is quite popular, he's athletic, egalitarian, in the Boy Scouts of America, church going,
Well first off all, hopefully by 2040AD things like religion have been relegated to cult status in a majorly atheistic and secular society.
Well atleast that seems to be where scandinavia is heading...
You make me glad I live in Scandinavia. :D

Anyhow, I think he should be allowed to compete. One tinker with genes every time a child is born.

In this scenario Adam was unique, but I expect there will be several - if not a majority - of genetically modified people by 2040. So 'normal' people would probably be forced to compete in separate leagues (good suggestion innerbrat).
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Re: A legal and ethical delimma of the future.

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Crazy Ivan wrote: So 'normal' people would probably be forced to compete in separate leagues (good suggestion innerbrat).
[The Cat] you're going to go with one of my ideas? What are you, crazy?[/The Cat]

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