I wouldn't bother questioning that these are "human" although I might argue that they aren't "humans". But I would say that being "human" carries no moral consequence.
Moral consequence derives from, firstly, the ability to suffer. Secondly, from the ability to desire to live, which is necessarily dependent on the ability to perceive of one's own self over time. It's this second ability from which the right to life derives. The right to freedom (along with some others) derives from the first ability.
Neither are present in a cluster of cells, regardless of the species they are associated with.
It would depend how difficult it was to actually get a permit.
For instance, you need a permit to drive a car, but few people would argue that this is an unreasonable restriction on freedom - anyone who can demonstrate a reasonable competence is given a permit.
In the case of these particular types of lasers, if anyone who requested a permit through a company involved in industries which use this tool was granted a permit within a day or so, I don't see it as a big problem.
Similarly, if a 16 year old who had no business involvement was denied a permit pending a more rigorous application, I still wouldn't have a problem. Remember, this is only a particular type of laser - the type you'd want to use as a lecture pointer or toy is not covered by this law.
I appreciate your position as a good starting point - that you don't restrict the market without a strong reason to do so. But in this case, I think there is a decent reason to do it, and not much cost.
Actually, in Australia carrying knives over a particular size is illegal. So is selling knives to children under 16. (obviously if you buy a kitchen knife from the supermarket and are on the way home, the cops aren't going to arrest you, this has more to do with weapon style knives).
I think this became law in 1996.
You might get the impression that in Australia, we don't like the public having weapons. You'd be right.
My understanding is that this is going to be treated similarly to the way we treat guns in Australia. If you have a legitimate reason to use lasers, you can apply for a permit.
The point is that the general public wont be able to use lasers as toys.
I'm pretty much agreed. The article summary asks: "if they can take one sample from one animal and clone it in a vat and feed this world, will the vegans be ok with that?"
I'm vegan and I wouldn't have any problems with this. I'd even consider eating it occasionally, although after 9 years of not eating meat I doubt I'd like it.
PETA has moved a fair way towards a practical approach to animal rights, away from their earlier extremism. They even praise companies for "improvement" rather than actually meeting PETA's much higher standards (amark of rational negotiators rather than ideologues). Good for them.
"...mainly because of that countries despicable actions in China?"
Mod parent down for blatant lies. The US attacked Japan because Japan attacked the US first. It had very little or nothing to do with what Japan did in China.
I'm not a linguist but I do speak Chinese (I'm not Chinese though) and I can't understand what you mean by "Chinese works this way".
Of course you can use Chinese to directly translate the sentence:
"This is an Apple. This is red."
Zhe shi ge pingguo. Zhe shi hong de.
But you can equally provide a direct translation of the sentence:
"This is a red apple."
Zhe shi ge hong'se de pingguo.
Literally: This is a red coloured apple.
This would be the natural way to describe a red apple in Chinese.
So I'm a little confused about how you think Chinese works.
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Why do you think aligning tax rates and health care with NATO allies is a priority?
"So, as long as the mails sent and received using Gmail are subsequently archived somewhere, there's no problem. Whether they will be? Who knows."
If you've found a way to remove records of things once Google has it in their database, please, let us know!
In the meantime, I think we can assume these emails have a half-life greater than any naturally existing substance on the earth.
You pretty much got it yourself.
I wouldn't bother questioning that these are "human" although I might argue that they aren't "humans". But I would say that being "human" carries no moral consequence.
Moral consequence derives from, firstly, the ability to suffer. Secondly, from the ability to desire to live, which is necessarily dependent on the ability to perceive of one's own self over time. It's this second ability from which the right to life derives. The right to freedom (along with some others) derives from the first ability.
Neither are present in a cluster of cells, regardless of the species they are associated with.
Good luck to him if he tries to use passport numbers. How many American's actually have one again?
Ever heard of a battery?
It would depend how difficult it was to actually get a permit.
For instance, you need a permit to drive a car, but few people would argue that this is an unreasonable restriction on freedom - anyone who can demonstrate a reasonable competence is given a permit.
In the case of these particular types of lasers, if anyone who requested a permit through a company involved in industries which use this tool was granted a permit within a day or so, I don't see it as a big problem.
Similarly, if a 16 year old who had no business involvement was denied a permit pending a more rigorous application, I still wouldn't have a problem. Remember, this is only a particular type of laser - the type you'd want to use as a lecture pointer or toy is not covered by this law.
I appreciate your position as a good starting point - that you don't restrict the market without a strong reason to do so. But in this case, I think there is a decent reason to do it, and not much cost.
Actually, in Australia carrying knives over a particular size is illegal. So is selling knives to children under 16. (obviously if you buy a kitchen knife from the supermarket and are on the way home, the cops aren't going to arrest you, this has more to do with weapon style knives).
I think this became law in 1996.
You might get the impression that in Australia, we don't like the public having weapons. You'd be right.
My understanding is that this is going to be treated similarly to the way we treat guns in Australia. If you have a legitimate reason to use lasers, you can apply for a permit.
The point is that the general public wont be able to use lasers as toys.
I'm pretty much agreed. The article summary asks:
"if they can take one sample from one animal and clone it in a vat and feed this world, will the vegans be ok with that?"
I'm vegan and I wouldn't have any problems with this. I'd even consider eating it occasionally, although after 9 years of not eating meat I doubt I'd like it.
PETA has moved a fair way towards a practical approach to animal rights, away from their earlier extremism. They even praise companies for "improvement" rather than actually meeting PETA's much higher standards (amark of rational negotiators rather than ideologues). Good for them.
"...mainly because of that countries despicable actions in China?" Mod parent down for blatant lies. The US attacked Japan because Japan attacked the US first. It had very little or nothing to do with what Japan did in China.
I'm not a linguist but I do speak Chinese (I'm not Chinese though) and I can't understand what you mean by "Chinese works this way". Of course you can use Chinese to directly translate the sentence: "This is an Apple. This is red." Zhe shi ge pingguo. Zhe shi hong de. But you can equally provide a direct translation of the sentence: "This is a red apple." Zhe shi ge hong'se de pingguo. Literally: This is a red coloured apple. This would be the natural way to describe a red apple in Chinese. So I'm a little confused about how you think Chinese works.