I am the oldest/middle. Technically I am the middle of three, but mostly I am the eldest of two. My older sister is 10 years my senior, and my dad's eldest but, she lived with her mum growing up and we hardly saw her, so, I was mum's eldest, and the eldest in the house. I think of myself as the oldest of two, really, though since Da died all three ( Read more... )

like I COULD. I shall instead pick my favorite of the above mentioned.

Favorite Star Wars Movie: Revenge of the Sith, I think. Though Return of the Jedi might beat it sometimes. I also really liked Phantom Menace (me and about 2 other people). But RotS is probably my favorite.

Star Trek: My favorite series is Next Generation. I was raised on it. ( Read more... )

oh I love this question. reading asimov's robot stories and watching Star Trek TNG has always meant I've found this question to be very relevant to science fiction and the nature of humanity. when its an isolated case such as Data or Andrew from Bicentenial man, I think it is sometimes easier to be open minded that a man-made creation could achieve ( Read more... )

Yes, and of course, no.

Very, terribly NO. At the same time, government is given the troubling job of trying to do a great many things, most of which are either impossible or conflict with each other, and one of the things we typically demand from any kind of governing body is to validate things, and, of course to with hold that validation from ( Read more... )