Poll: The Equilibrium Dilema
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How very 1984 and Brave New World of you.
As Skies said, emotions are biochemical, so even if they were repressed they've eventually resurface. So to answer your question, we cannot give up emotions for peace, because if we tried, somebody would get their emotions back at some point, start wrecking, and eventually there would be more conflict and the peace would cease.
As Skies said, emotions are biochemical, so even if they were repressed they've eventually resurface. So to answer your question, we cannot give up emotions for peace, because if we tried, somebody would get their emotions back at some point, start wrecking, and eventually there would be more conflict and the peace would cease.
I thought that movie was pretty terrible (I didn't think it was so much a Matrix rip-off as trying to take the 1984 dystopic setting and go: "but this time the good guys win!"). As for human emotions being eliminated, fuck that. Its not that I enjoy them so much as I need emotions. They are my reality. Without them what the fuck am I?
I thought when Taye Diggs got slashed in half that it was the funniest shit ever.
I thought when Taye Diggs got slashed in half that it was the funniest shit ever.
If peace could be achieved with out the loss of emotion (see the last part of Gulliver's Travels) then I'm all for it... If it meant the sacrifice of emotions then I would not be all for it.
As for the movie, I think it's one of the best movies ever (tied with Fight Club and V for Vendetta).
As for the movie, I think it's one of the best movies ever (tied with Fight Club and V for Vendetta).
I guess it's all too easy these days to get disillusioned with the state of the world - but in my opinion removing all possibility of emotion and therefore ensuring a robotic peace is a cop-out. We should learn to control our less savoury emotions, not just get rid of all emotion without even *trying* to improve ourselves. Besides, some *positive* emotions have nothing to do with peace - love being a classic, but still appropriate example. =)
What about falling in love then??
If you can't feel extremes then you won't fall in love so you won't get married.
This then poses the question, if you are removing human emotion, are you removing Lust too?
Cos if your removing Love and Lust, gone is any reason for humans to procreate, and we would slowly die off.
If you can't love then you won't protect your children as much either.
Etc etc etc
Yes there could be cloning and the cerebral knowledge we need children, but if something goes wrong no-one will want to do it the old fashioned way and we still die out.
If you can't feel extremes then you won't fall in love so you won't get married.
This then poses the question, if you are removing human emotion, are you removing Lust too?
Cos if your removing Love and Lust, gone is any reason for humans to procreate, and we would slowly die off.
If you can't love then you won't protect your children as much either.
Etc etc etc
Yes there could be cloning and the cerebral knowledge we need children, but if something goes wrong no-one will want to do it the old fashioned way and we still die out.
Its fairly clear that the people in Equilibrium feel, its just that their cold intellects override the emotional responses because the drug dampens the emotions that cause them, but they aren't zombies. I world where people think before they act would be nice
I wouldnt eliminate human emotion, I would just...tone it down a bit(alot). Cause your right, it is emotion that causes conflict but It is also what ends it. We are already living in a state of equilibrium. Like a heart monitor hooked up to a living guy, it has its ups and downs. take away the emotion and we flat line, too much emotion and we have a heart attack, see what I mean? We need emotion in doses.
