http://punctuative.com/2006/12/31/this-child-is-still-you-simply-the-best-of-you/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:52:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://punctuative.com/2006/12/31/this-child-is-still-you-simply-the-best-of-you/#comment-466 Ashley Cecil Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:01:39 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2006/12/31/this-child-is-still-you-simply-the-best-of-you/#comment-466 Here's a post that adds to the conversation: http://www.shareneedles.com/2006/12/kurzweil_king_o.html Here’s a post that adds to the conversation: http://www.shareneedles.com/2006/12/kurzweil_king_o.html

]]> http://punctuative.com/2006/12/31/this-child-is-still-you-simply-the-best-of-you/#comment-440 Matt Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:46:01 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2006/12/31/this-child-is-still-you-simply-the-best-of-you/#comment-440 To the contrary, the reason I'm so enamored with Gattaca is its central message about determination/perseverance despite preconceived notions (imagine that given my passion for entrepreneurship). Ethan Hawke delivers a fantastic performance as the unlikely astronaut who outwits/outlasts the "hand dealt at birth." In fact, I found the insecurity and discrimination demonstrated by the "designer class" all too human. To the contrary, the reason I’m so enamored with Gattaca is its central message about determination/perseverance despite preconceived notions (imagine that given my passion for entrepreneurship). Ethan Hawke delivers a fantastic performance as the unlikely astronaut who outwits/outlasts the “hand dealt at birth.” In fact, I found the insecurity and discrimination demonstrated by the “designer class” all too human.

]]> http://punctuative.com/2006/12/31/this-child-is-still-you-simply-the-best-of-you/#comment-439 Ashley Cecil Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:37:00 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2006/12/31/this-child-is-still-you-simply-the-best-of-you/#comment-439 Surely this news comes as a relief to future or expecting parents, but I do stand on the cautious side of the issue. As you mentioned, this stirs ethical issues (and not specifically about abortion). For those who have seen Gattaca in its entirety know that it's set against a backdrop of people so artificially designed and modified they hardly seem human. How far should we take it? Somewhere between stepping in to preventive down syndrome and creating a race of Frankensteins there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. Surely this news comes as a relief to future or expecting parents, but I do stand on the cautious side of the issue. As you mentioned, this stirs ethical issues (and not specifically about abortion). For those who have seen Gattaca in its entirety know that it’s set against a backdrop of people so artificially designed and modified they hardly seem human. How far should we take it? Somewhere between stepping in to preventive down syndrome and creating a race of Frankensteins there is a line that shouldn’t be crossed.

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