Remote Controlling Life

This title may surprise you. Life is remote controlled only in science fiction! But sadly (or happily), you are mistaken. A scientist attached the motherboard of a remote controlled toy to a cockroach. He put the wires into the antennae of the cockroach and into its brain. So the Remote Controlled Cockroach was created. This can easily be seen as an ethical issue. Remote controlling life seems sort of wrong, but it doesn't seem so bad with an insect. But what about with a rabbit, a dog, or a human? Most people would immediately be repulsed at the idea of sticking a wire in someone's brain and sending electrical signals through them so that they can be controlled by a joystick. 

Man remote controlling another
person (Kind of looks like Mr. Gaume,
does it not?)

Before anyone goes rejecting or embracing an idea, we must think of the positive and negative aspects of such a thought. On the positive side, people that have been paralyzed by some unfortunate event could again walk. If this works, could the blind be coaxed to see again? Could the mute speak again? If an electrical signal can somehow bypass the damage inflicted upon the brain/ nerves during an accident, couldn't it stimulate a part that has been damaged, such as the visual cortex? Such ideas are fantastic if they did work, and were only used for ethical purposes? But what is ethicsAccording to Webster's Dictionary, ethics is "a set of moral principles". Most people would agree that certain things are right or wrong, and remote controlling a human being is one of those things. The negative side to this is as stated, the ethical implications. People controlling other people against their will is a frightening idea. The question is "who would decide who is remote controlled, who would have the ultimate power?". Power over life. In my opinion, this power shouldn't be designated to any human. 
In conclusion, this experiment was neat, and there will be a constant struggle over whether it is ethical. This could revolutionize science or maybe start a revolution. There is no clear cut answer and there will never be? 

Man remote controlling image from http://www.leadership-toolbox.com/autocratic-leadership.html
Video link from http://virtualgardnerblogs.weebly.com/anatomy--physiology.html