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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979290717-12102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I don't think any of us with disabilities favor the term
"disabled".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979290717-12102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>But I look at it this way: as long as we are human, we
disabled by the inability to overcome disease. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979290717-12102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Is there a better term?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial>Natasha Vita-More</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>ablainey@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:24
AM<BR><B>To:</B> extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI]
TransDisabled [WAS:Transhumanist Declaration]<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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><BR>Just a crisis of
conscience making me re-evaluate things.<BR><BR>A<BR></DIV> <BR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original
Message-----<BR>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><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>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
size=2 face=Arial>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
size=2 face=Arial>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 size=2 face=Arial>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 size=2 face=Arial>I consider this action to be a "humane
act of awareness/consciousness/kindness to other people" rather than a
"moral obligation". </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>N</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: rgb(64,64,64)"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Natasha
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