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<div> Sorry no good links (Coming soon). <br>
Likewise I see it as an act of kindness, empathy and basic humanity and that was really what I meant by 'moral obligation'. I am trying to square up my own direction as I have real problems working on projects that might elevate the able bodied further above those with disability. Thinking about having superhuman senses, abilities and life span while others suffer to have 'normal' levels of the aforementioned makes my heart sink.<br>
I hate most of the terminology relating to disabled people, even the term disabled seems derogatory. I fully agree we all have disabilities, I myself am colour blind, dyslexic, have arthritis, shot knees and a herniated disk and that's before the myriad of mental oddities ;o)<br>
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From: Natasha Vita-More <natasha@natasha.cc><br>
To: 'ExI chat list' <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br>
Sent: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 15:05<br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] Transhumanist Declaration<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="531534913-09102010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Do you have a link to the work you have been doing?
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="531534913-09102010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">People with disabilities are not subhuman, they are
human. We all have disabilities to some degree and unfortunately
some people have them to a large degree.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="531534913-09102010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I do not think we have a moral obligation to improve the
disabilities of humans before a transhuman, posthuman or upload (TPU)obtains
radical prolongevity. </font></span><span class="531534913-09102010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Those with disabilities who are unable to make
the distinction concerning enhancement ought to be protected by a right to have
their disabilities cured to a human level and then they can make their own
choices about TPU. </font></span><span class="531534913-09102010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I consider this action to be a "humane
act of awareness/consciousness/kindness to other people" rather than a
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="531534913-09102010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">best,</font></span></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Freestyle Script'; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-size: 18pt;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.natasha.cc/"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><font face="Arial" size="2">Natasha Vita-More</font></span></a></span></font></div>
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