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Old 2004-12-17, 14:30   Link #1088
Icehawk
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actually they are more intelligent than humans.
...... and where is this ever shown?

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And remember in the anime it is stated very clearly that with Diclonius, the age of homo sapiens is coming to an end. So that means Diclonius are not homo sapiens, ie. they are not humans. that's fact told in the anime itself. Genetically speaking, they are definitely not similar to humans, they can reproduce with humans but the result is Diclonius, never human, because of their mutagenic genes.
If its the result of the virus its not exactly evolution now is it? Look, its simple biology, if you can breed flawlessly and have with fertile offspring with something, you are obviously genetically very similar, thats the way it is. They may be a sperate species, but they are still very close.

Also, morality and instinct are two separate things. You can have the instinct to do something and from a moral and or rational perspective its wrong. The case here being sensless killing of humanity in the name of "instinct". If they were mindless beasts who weren't capable of intelligence and emotion than they could get away with it, but they are not. They are capable of reason and so should be taught and expected to keep their instincts in check if we were to form a stable co-existance.

This would be the most reasonable way to go about things. Humanity could all be replaced with Diclonius WITHOUT all the sensless instinctually driven killing.
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