John Anton

McCord: No, no, no, no, no... That's the worst idea I've ever heard. Do you have any idea how *dead* I would be? Not to mention *fired*.

Merrick: We control them with the memory of a shared event. A global contamination. It keeps them fearful of going outside. The Island is the one thing that gives them hope. Gives them purpose. Everything we expose them to their programs, their cartoons, books, the games they play are designed to manage aggression and reinforce simple social skills. To avoid obvious complications they aren 't imprinted with an awareness of sex. We find it simpler to eliminate the drive altogether. In a very real sense they're like children. Educated to the level of a 15-year-old.