Questions for Thought.

I accept that most of these questions will go unanswered and they are therefore hypothetical. You can, however, give them life by actually answering them in the comments section.

Apologies for the lateness of this post; my computer charger broke recently and I am still raising the funds to get it replaced. Until that point, I will be relying on school-provided Internet. I think that Darth Vader said it best: "NOOOOOOOO!" Curiously, I have not observed any increase in free time from losing Internet access at my house. What would you do without free access to the Internet?

Last Saturday night, in a state of feverish delusion, I convinced myself that Tony had impregnated me with a "Shivers" parasite. It turned out to just be a case of bad yogurt, but for half an hour, I had myself convinced that the churning in my stomach was a being malevolently planted by my seemingly charming English professor. Then and now, I chuckle at how surprised we would all be if Tony actually did implant us with parasites without our knowledge. What if this course was just a sadistic "parasite primer?"

In my moral philosophy class, we talked about what it takes to qualify as a person. What I've been wondering about since then is how people in the future will react to human clones. Would it be wrong to be racist against clones? And could a progressive campaign for clone rights lead to the destruction of mankind? When cloning becomes possible, I bet that it's going to be a very political issue.

Another thing that I've wanted to bring up but it was too small a topic to discuss individually was this level of the new Call of Duty (and if you haven't seen it yet, brace yourself; it's extremely violent)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6MUhIZEDaI
This level put me in a state of turmoil. Since that's what makes a good work of art for me, I concluded that Call Of Duty must qualify as a work of art. As video games grow more and more advanced, we may have to start analyzing some of them like we analyze books and films. Looking forward to the future: Could there be an "American Beauty" of video games? If so, what do you think it would be like?

I have also been thinking about what makes the difference between a parasite and a symbiote. Perhaps the distinction is that a symbiote requires informed consent, while a parasite does not. What do you think about this line, and where would you draw the line?