Re: Can't we just drop a nuke on the Vatican
That is looking through a militant sci fi lense.Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
Genetic engineering could be used to minimize disease, cure paraplegic patients, remove deafness if desired, extend lifespan. It can be used to create a targeted genetic trait rather then a random one.
Increased yield, drought resistance, better nutrients are all outcomes we can do with crops.
Our genes maybe in the basement but it does not stop us chosing our point of view from the top.
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Re: Can't we just drop a nuke on the Vatican
several scifi franchises have shown both the positives and negatives of Genetic engineering
Star Trek for example
The Doctors in all series after the original regularly cure problem with gene therapy or dna altering compounds
Equally there are a lot of episodes involving Engineered diseases or even "Super" soldiers (ie Khan)
now it is true you don't see many Scifi franchises treat GE as anything other than a Pandora's Box but that is primarily due to the consumers knowledge of the subject - most people know enough to see the obvious pit falls (super soldiers, super diseases etc) without seeing the immense benefits that can also come with it - and the authors play to their audience
Re: Can't we just drop a nuke on the Vatican
Loads of techs can be used for good or bad. Gunpowder, writing, explosives, computers to choose a few of the lesser thought about ones. Nuclear is always top of the list.
Luddites at the time were against new things (albeit mainly for job protection) and many new discoveries are treated in the same way.
Sci-Fi is there to tell a good yarn, and men have a preponderance to want to hear about discord and violence, not a 300 page book on how wonderful and peaceful life is in the new Utopia thanks to [insert blank].
An enemy that wishes to die for their country is the best sort to face - you both have the same aim in mind.
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Re: Can't we just drop a nuke on the Vatican
A thread on gay marriage derailed into a discussion of how the imperium can stop orks and tyranids....
Even for the Backroom, this is surprising.
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Re: Can't we just drop a nuke on the Vatican
Well the spacemarines are a 'celibate' order of monks... Who have overtones that are very manly like a bunch of singing lumberjacks ... But that's okay.
Last edited by Papewaio; 01-04-2013 at 14:11.
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Re: Can't we just drop a nuke on the Vatican
Rome and the Catholic Church is the source material for the Imperium (even though the Emperor is Turkish), so it's not that big of a stretch. Burn the heretic, kill the mutant, purge the unclean, yada yada yada.
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