Re: If you were John Connor wouldn't you be inspecting Cameron for "damage" on a daily basis?

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:44:03 -0800 (PST), hancock4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>On Mar 6, 12:02 pm, "Dano" <janeandd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> They tell us pets have no souls.  Is that really true?
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>> Who tells us that?  Do you believe everything *they* tell you?
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>I assume you are speaking of pets.
>
>Do you believe pets have souls?  What is a 'soul' for a pet to have?
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>Is a 'soul' the same as 'emotion'?  Pets certainly have emotions.
>
>In the case of Cameron, we may be confusing soul with emotion.
>
>To put it another way, I can kick my car as much as I want.  As long
>as I don't damge the motor-drive-train, it will run fine, so matter
>how many dents I put in the body or window glass I smash.  The car has
>no feelings, it does not react to anything I do beyond gas and oil.
>
>In contrast, a pet requires more than mere food.  Lack or generous
>affection impacts a pet's personality.  Pets have emotional feelings,
>they like and dislike, they are content, they are angry.
>
>So let's get back to Cameron and the question at hand:
>
>I suspect one of two possibilities:  1) Cameron is capable of some
>emotional feelings, or,  2) Cameron wants to be have emotional
>feelings,
>wants to be human.  Cameron certainly tries to mimic every human
>emotional behavior she sees and to understand it.
>
>As far as I can tell, nobody in the show has bothered to ask Cameron
>about any of this. 

John has.  Cameron was making her grim brand of small talk and he
asked her what she was doing and why.  She couldn't answer.  She
didn't really know why she thought she should talk even though she
wasn't communicating any real information.