Guys, hold on.
Goldstein, what is it you're actually asking here? I think we may be misunderstanding each other here.
Jeez, this thread degraded into a feel good "your amazing" love fest after I left, good lord...
Okay... I was getting a little lazy with my arguments so in attempt to show my point. I propose a thought experiment in which you get to make decisions by replying to my post:
@Skarekrow @Icedream @Eventhorizon @Reason With Logic Filling @Lady Jolanda @all
You are in charge of a committee that will make policy on a technology that can remove an aspect from a person. I will list a series of persons and their issues and feeling and you will tell everyone what the policy will be for this new tech. I'll try not to leave any loopholes, but put you little monkeys in a locked room with 3 ways out and guaranteed you'll find a 4th... so here goes:
In all cases list the reasons why or why not you would remove an aspect of the persons personality. You "should" make decisions based on what is based on what best for the people but the final decision is yours.
*Your decision will be applied to all people of the same category!
1st guy is a gay necrophile serial killer likes the way he is and doesn't want his mind scrambled and doesn't want you to take away who he is. Do you take away his serial killerness and why?
2nd women is a serial killer as well, he wants the procedure and wants you to take away her serial killerness. Do you take it away or not and why?
3rd guy is gay, flamboyant, happy and quite comfortable with who he is, Do you remove that which makes him gay?
4th is male who identifies as female and is extremely unhappy with the situation has attempted suicide on multiple occasions (*experts say he will succeed in 6 months). Do you remove that part that makes her identify as female and why (or why not)?
5th is female who is also gay is and has depression, but believes its part of her and doesn't want changed.
have to go... try that and we'll discuss.