tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post6656854423154480874..comments2024-03-28T15:19:12.892-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: See if you can spot the conflict of interestFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-38347706952524140972008-01-17T14:30:00.000-08:002008-01-17T14:30:00.000-08:00All power resides in the state.The fruits of your ...All power resides in the state.<BR/>The fruits of your labor belong to the state for it to let you keep or redistribute to others as needed. Your body is not yours, nor is any property you may have owned at the time of your death. <BR/>Gee, that ought to simplify estate planning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-53957821607937894402008-01-14T04:13:00.000-08:002008-01-14T04:13:00.000-08:00Heinlin's "Lazerous Long" stories pre-dated Niven'...Heinlin's "Lazerous Long" stories pre-dated Niven's, I believe, but neither were very impressed with the basic idea IIRC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-75953619245426488662008-01-13T20:35:00.000-08:002008-01-13T20:35:00.000-08:00Read some of them. Good books, scary idea. Which...Read some of them. Good books, scary idea. Which we seem to be approaching rapidly in some places.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-91655247668628973102008-01-13T19:47:00.000-08:002008-01-13T19:47:00.000-08:00Larry Niven wrote a number of novels (eg A Gift Fr...Larry Niven wrote a number of novels (eg A Gift From Earth) in which organ banks were a dominant feature of society, and minor transgressions carried the death penalty in order to keep them filled. He did most of his writing in the 1960s and 1970sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-51966303347589866822008-01-13T19:41:00.000-08:002008-01-13T19:41:00.000-08:00Wow, that's even dumber than the adoption quotas B...Wow, that's even dumber than the adoption quotas Britain set for their child welfare agencies. Baby snatching is at least <I>potentially</I> reversible.Daniel Newbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447547303783134514noreply@blogger.com