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Comment comment by gnifyus on 02 January 2008

On the other hand, as Will pointed out, it could end prostitution, allow people to safely and harmlessly express urges that currently lead people into dangerous and destructive situations--like child molesters, rapists and the like….

Ah, but not when the robots start hiring lawyers. Believe it or not the robot rights people have been hovering in the background for a long time. (Just waiting for technology to catch up with their yearnings for litigation.)

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RE: Already Here by PowerPointSamurai :: NR7

I did not mean to imply raping or molesting the robots, simulating the rape or molestation of a human. I meant that people who ordinarily might turn out that way might find a more conducive, non-judgmental outlet that would maybe prevent them from going down that road. I'm not sure if that's what you meant, or if you were in line with my "not tonight, I have a headache" joke about robots with free will. If that's the case, tons of Star Trek: TNG episodes with Data, the movie Bicentennial Man and I, Robot kind of probe those issues. Particularly the episode of TNG where the crew gets a disease that lowers inhibitions and Data gets it on with Tasha Yar. Bicentennial Man also has the robot and a human fall in love and they get it on, all while the robot has pending court cases to declare him human.

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