Atlantis moral debate

[kittyfox_kumiko]

Do we know?  

[Sayuri-Ryuu]

Do we know exactly what the Wraith can do to a mind? No. Do we know if being a mindless drone is worse than being dead? Well, I suppose you wouldn't be aware either way, so it doesn't matter really.  

[kittyfox_kumiko]

I meant "Do we know if he could've done that permanently?"  

[Sayuri-Ryuu]

As I said: "Do we know exactly what the Wraith can do to a mind? No."  

[kittyfox_kumiko]

Then again, I think the risks are too high to do tests on that.  

[Sayuri-Ryuu]

The risks are astronomical! And those experiments would be extremely illegal!  

[kittyfox_kumiko]

Because the risks are too high. 3nodding  

[Sayuri-Ryuu]

*sigh* Yes, Kittyfox. The risks are too high. mrgreen And also because using human subjects for experiments that affect the mind and do not undo their own effects are illegal.

Its a b***h for psychologists.  

[kittyfox_kumiko]

Yeah, I read early studies and how modern psychologists argue over their morality. Like testing human fear on a little child. He was made to be afraid of rats even though they didn't scare him before. sad  

[Sayuri-Ryuu]

Bunnies, wasn't it? Although, they were going to make him not afraid of them afterwards, but his mother whisked him away before they could do the reverse procedure. Not that I'm defending them or anything.  

[kittyfox_kumiko]

Nope. White rats. It's what they had in the lab and people are scared of rats, anyway. Eventually it did escalate to the point that the kid got scared by any white fluffy thing he saw. eek  

[Sayuri-Ryuu]

Hmm. The tape I saw had them using a big white fluffy teddy. Of a bunny. Maybe it was a different experiment.  

[kittyfox_kumiko]

Maybe. All I know is that nobody knows what happened to the kid.  

[Sayuri-Ryuu]

*is back* Damn internet was down again.

What? He disappeared? Weird.  

[kittyfox_kumiko]

I'll admit, I was worried...

The kid's mom took him far from the eyes of the media, so nobody knows.