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tonysam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 02:59 PM
Response to Reply #19
24. No.
Just because you have a "perfect" kid at the time of birth doesn't mean some disability can't happen later on. So do you suggest parents have a "choice" to kill a disabled kid then? That's Peter Singer's idea, and he's repulsive.
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  -Make Way for Designer Babies tk2kewl  Mar-03-09 01:49 PM   #0 
  - Because parenting has nothing to do with how the child turns out as a adult!  devilgrrl   Mar-03-09 01:52 PM   #1 
  - Gattaca, here we come! nt  WriteDown   Mar-03-09 01:52 PM   #2 
  - That's the first shit that crossed my mind. Good God. n/t  vaberella   Mar-03-09 01:59 PM   #8 
  - OMG! If humans ever becoming as boring as that POS, we're doomed  tanngrisnir3   Mar-04-09 09:45 PM   #46 
  - Great movie. My hubby didn't figure out what the name of the movie  Ilsa   Mar-04-09 10:16 PM   #52 
  - actually Hitler did try to do that many years ago.....  robinlynne   Mar-03-09 01:52 PM   #3 
  - He lacked the control that we now have with current science, though.  GreenPartyVoter   Mar-03-09 01:53 PM   #5 
  - Are we paving the way for a Trek-style Eugenics war?  GreenPartyVoter   Mar-03-09 01:52 PM   #4 
  - Get me a Ricardo Montalban type.  Alexander   Mar-03-09 01:55 PM   #6 
     - KHAAAAANNNN!!!!  GreenPartyVoter   Mar-03-09 01:56 PM   #7 
  - Hello... Pelosi...?  Auggie   Mar-03-09 02:04 PM   #9 
  - Why???? nt  Lost in CT   Mar-03-09 03:04 PM   #28 
  - I see the luddites are already freaking out... n/t.  Odin2005   Mar-03-09 02:06 PM   #10 
  - Because giving the plutocrats even more advantages over the masses is OK.  anonymous171   Mar-04-09 09:50 PM   #48 
     - They can only select for identifiable traits that are ALREADY THERE.  Maru Kitteh   Mar-04-09 10:17 PM   #53 
  - You get what you get  Alcibiades   Mar-03-09 02:07 PM   #11 
  - Where do you draw the line? If it is possible to eliminate or negate a trait (say, susceptibility  T Wolf   Mar-03-09 02:07 PM   #12 
  - I'm not sure how drawable such a line is  Posteritatis   Mar-03-09 02:59 PM   #25 
  - "Is humanity mature enough to handle the power that science is giving us?"  chrisa   Mar-03-09 03:11 PM   #31 
     - Ha. Seriously.  ozu   Mar-03-09 03:18 PM   #33 
     - hell no. humanity? The very last American Jaguar died this week. gone.  robinlynne   Mar-03-09 03:27 PM   #36 
        - Not from the Contintent  Thothmes   Mar-04-09 05:44 AM   #44 
           - ok. I googled it. It was the last one in the country. I thought it said continent.  robinlynne   Mar-04-09 09:44 PM   #45 
  - This is interesting...  YOY   Mar-03-09 02:08 PM   #13 
  - This naziism needs to be stopped now!  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-03-09 02:09 PM   #14 
  - self-delete  wuushew   Mar-03-09 02:09 PM   #15 
  - I can se doing this for the sex of the child  Politicalboi   Mar-03-09 02:18 PM   #16 
  - I don't think the idiots of the world should determine policy. You don't structure something  T Wolf   Mar-03-09 02:27 PM   #17 
  - hmmm, did you live next to my stupid, fundy step brother-in-law?  Matariki   Mar-03-09 02:29 PM   #18 
  - Well if he lived in Simi Valley in the 60's  Politicalboi   Mar-03-09 02:44 PM   #20 
     - Maryland in the 80s. Probably still there. I guess they're legion  Matariki   Mar-03-09 03:21 PM   #34 
  - I mostly agree  rebecca_herman   Mar-03-09 06:50 PM   #39 
  - I see nothing wrong with this  rolltideroll   Mar-03-09 02:42 PM   #19 
  - But but but [insert logical fallacy of your choice here]! (nt)  Posteritatis   Mar-03-09 02:54 PM   #22 
  - No.  tonysam   Mar-03-09 02:59 PM   #24 
  - I'm sorry. Wut?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-03-09 06:47 PM   #38 
     - This is one of those "leave your logic at the door" topics (nt)  Posteritatis   Mar-03-09 08:20 PM   #40 
  - If this was a free service, then you might have a point.  anonymous171   Mar-04-09 10:14 PM   #51 
  - it usually starts with something simple and easily digestible by the public  Blue_Tires   Mar-03-09 02:51 PM   #21 
  - Four words: none of my business.  Lyric   Mar-03-09 02:57 PM   #23 
  - I try to stick by this one as well  Posteritatis   Mar-03-09 03:03 PM   #27 
  - I want a daughter with looks of Julie Delpy and the brains of Richard Feynman..  TheCoxwain   Mar-03-09 03:01 PM   #26 
  - Do they offer any that change their own diapers and clean their room? And, have a warranty?  Tierra_y_Libertad   Mar-03-09 03:07 PM   #29 
  - I want one with Downs, autism, and... red hair.  Lance_Boyle   Mar-03-09 03:08 PM   #30 
  - I don't have a problem with this  NeedleCast   Mar-03-09 03:12 PM   #32 
  - I can only hope that...  LanternWaste   Mar-03-09 03:21 PM   #35 
  - Scientists will be able to transfer genes from non-human life forms to embryos for many purposes,  jody   Mar-03-09 06:19 PM   #37 
  - Why would that matter to anyone but the parents?  NeedleCast   Mar-03-09 08:40 PM   #41 
     - That's why I asked the question. n/t  jody   Mar-04-09 05:31 AM   #43 
  - what a fucked up world and fucked up people  blues90   Mar-03-09 09:30 PM   #42 
  - Genetically Enhanced Plutocracy, here we come!  anonymous171   Mar-04-09 09:49 PM   #47 
  - I want one with purple stripes. Or one that glows in the dark! nt  Bonescrat   Mar-04-09 09:53 PM   #49 
  - This is such utter sensationalist (poorly reported) tripe. The technology ISN'T there yet, for one  Maru Kitteh   Mar-04-09 10:13 PM   #50 
  - You know, it is doubtful that alot of people there know what attributes  Ilsa   Mar-04-09 10:18 PM   #54 
  - Tentacles? Can I get tentacles yet?  sofa king   Mar-04-09 10:19 PM   #55 
 

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