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But then perhaps that is just as well, for if the human being cannot be a human being, why should it be anything else? Indeed, there is more than one way for a race to become extinct. - (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 13, Sentence #175)

Putatively this might be accomplished in virtue of extensive conditioning programs aimed at demasculinization, programs which, if successful, will lead the child to suspect and fear himself, to experience shame and guilt at the very promptings of his own body and nature. It is a question, of course, as to the feasibility of these distortions, and the long-range consequences of them, if they prove feasible. Irreparable damage would result to the gene pool and the human race might actually, interestingly, eventually, for lack of will and joy, cease to thrive, and perhaps later become extinct. But then perhaps that is just as well, for if the human being cannot be a human being, why should it be anything else? Indeed, there is more than one way for a race to become extinct. The prehistoric wolf hunts now only in the corridors of the past. The poodle survives. Does the poodle remember? Does the wolf live in the poodle yet? I do not know. - (Magicians of Gor)