Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:40:41 -0400
From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" <Alan_Richer@Lotus.com>
Subject: Re: LRO: Shipfitters...
>her question was, if a person gets a mechanical heart, are they still human?
How about a replacement heart from another person? How about a baboon
heart?
If a person gets a replacement heart from another person, they are
still a person. If they get a mechanical heart or a conversion to a
baboon heart, they are no longer a person, but a hybrid based on a
person. As such, their value to people-collectors will be very low,
and they probably won't even be allowed to enter concours events
for people. Someone looking to buy a person won't even consider
them as an example of the type. So while a person with a mechanical
or non-human heart may suit the purposes of its owner just fine, and
may even have better performance and reliability than a factory-
original person, the fact remains that it is still a hybrid based on a person,
not a real person.
___________________________
C. Marin Faure
(original owner)
1973 Land Rover Series III-88
1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
Seattle
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