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Re:UK police use terror powers to seize BBC Newsnight journa... by andyjohnson0 on Friday October 30, 2015 @05:28AM (#10476853)
"you would hesitate at calling Frankenstein human"

Completely off topic nit-pick, and not to devalue your point (which I fully agree with), but Frankenstein was the scientist not the monster.

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Re:UK police use terror powers to seize BBC Newsnight journa... by zephod on Friday October 30, 2015 @05:41AM (#10476895)
This problem has been solved for a couple of weeks now.

http://xkcd.com/1589/

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Re:UK police use terror powers to seize BBC Newsnight journa... by anon4 on Friday October 30, 2015 @06:46AM (#10477095)
Sorry, I don't subscribe to fanon.
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Re:UK police use terror powers to seize BBC Newsnight journa... by Lockyy on Friday October 30, 2015 @05:41AM (#10476892)
But when you think about it, wasn't Frankenstein the real monster?
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Re:UK police use terror powers to seize BBC Newsnight journa... by petewailes on Friday October 30, 2015 @08:25AM (#10477375)
That's quite literally the whole point of the book. So yes.

Side note: well worth a read. Fascinating 19th century look at the psychology of man.

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Re:UK police use terror powers to seize BBC Newsnight journa... by andyjohnson0 on Friday October 30, 2015 @06:04AM (#10476956)
Frankenstein's moral corruption due to his thirst for knowledge is the main theme of the book.
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