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<DIV>Samantha Atkins wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>How generous to claim you will make a personal goal when you are an<BR>indefinitely long lived transhuman to do something that attracts you in<BR>your admittedly besotted and very unaware pre-transhuman babyhood. Do<BR>you honestly believe you are making a real commitment that you will be<BR>bound by for your indefinitely long lived future?<BR>>>>></DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin Freels replied:</DIV>
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<DIV>Being bound by committment is a choice. I may very well change it in the future. But for the moment I must go by what I know and that is the "Me" that is now. Lighten up. Would you rather I had no goals at all except to survive? What's the point? Was it just as silly for me to have a goal to be an astronaut when I was 5? Was I wrong to HAVE that silly goal? Or was I wrong to give it up????</DIV>
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<DIV>I am not certain that I want to become someone so indifferent in the future as to no longer wish to bring forward someone who had such a significant impact on my life as a young reader. One could argue that if it weren't for him, I would have chosen a path other than transhumanism......</DIV>
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<DIV>John said:</DIV>
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<DIV>And whether he remembers his commitment or not, the Department of Temporal Intervention will arrest him for illegally scooping someone out of their native time period. It's that darn "Time and Space Protection Act," which was passed into law way back in 2317!</DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin Freels replied: Beureaucracy of course will survive as long as we do! lol</DIV>
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