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Re:What if biohackers injected themselves with mRNA? by arthurcolle on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @09:07PM (#27767486)
Because it's fucking weird? Sorry but we live in a civil society that shouldn't encourage this kind of stuff. At what point do these arguments become so reductive as to have little to no substance?
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Re:What if biohackers injected themselves with mRNA? by endtime on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:06AM (#27768866)
Well, I certainly wouldn't do it, nor would I endorse it. But I don't think the government should imprison people for doing things that random people on the internet consider weird.
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Re:What if biohackers injected themselves with mRNA? by zamalek on Thursday July 08, 2021 @03:54AM (#27769337)
This is exactly what I mean.

I (probably) wouldn't go for assisted suicide, but I have no right to demand someone else suffer because of my own insecurities about death.

I (probably) wouldn't even volunteer my spare kidney, but I have no right to say that a 70y parent can't give their heart to their dying 30y.

Freedom of destiny wouldn't be the only freedom that allows societal problems, but freedom is not the cause: inequality and power are.

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