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Aella
@Aella_Girl
And this intense knee-jerk reaction I'm seeing about "EUGENICS=BAD" just... like... ok yes i understand that it has been used for very bad things but that does not inherently make it bad. You seem to be ok with people aborting down syndrome fetuses, so at least be consistent.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@tailcalled
oh. I'm going by "the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable" as the definition, which aborting down syndrome fetuses seems to fall into for me.
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Amory
@primeprismatic
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@Aella_Girl
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@tailcalled
“Curing” an illness by killing all who are afflicted by it seems self-evidently wrong. Anyone who has met a person with Down syndrome can see they are no less human, and seem to be far wiser, loving, and good than the average non-down afflicted person.
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Amory
@primeprismatic
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@Aella_Girl
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@tailcalled
But even a the most hardline pragmatist could make a compelling argument to allow Down syndrome afflicted individuals to live based on what they contribute to the world in love, joy, and sacrifice.
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