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English biologist & writer. Likes science, the poetry of reality. Dislikes pretentious obscurantism. Treats all religions with good-humoured ridicule.

Joined June 2008
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  1. Richard Dawkins ‏@RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014

    Ireland is a civilised country except in this 1 area: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119147/ireland-abortion-case-reveals-draconian-horror-catholic-law … You'd think the Roman Church would have lost all influence.

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  2. Aidan McCourt ‏@AidanMcCourt 20 Aug 2014

    @RichardDawkins 994 human beings with Down's Syndrome deliberately killed before birth in England and Wales in 2012. Is that civilised?

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  3. Richard Dawkins ‏@RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014

    .@AidanMcCourt Yes, it is very civilised. These are fetuses, diagnosed before they have human feelings.

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  4. InYourFaceNewYorker ‏@InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014 Boston, MA

    @RichardDawkins @AidanMcCourt I honestly don't know what I would do if I were pregnant with a kid with Down Syndrome. Real ethical dilemma.

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    Richard Dawkins Verified account ‏@RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014

    @InYourFaceNYer Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.

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      1. Gut ohne Gott ‏@I_Love_Atheism 20 Aug 2014

        @RichardDawkins @InYourFaceNYer Try again and bring a little Adolf into the world? DS people never do any harm to anybody.

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      3. Richard Dawkins ‏@RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014

        @Bitch2410 I read a short story about that. How Hitler's mother almost had an abortion! I think it was by Roald Dahl.

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      1. Kerry Hood ‏@kerryhood 20 Aug 2014

        @RichardDawkins @InYourFaceNYer I don't agree with that. key is that you have a choice. No one tells you that you should or shouldn't abort

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      3. InYourFaceNewYorker ‏@InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014

        @kerryhood @RichardDawkins I don't think he was ordering me to do so should the situation come up (it won't b/c I don't plan on having kids)

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      5. Kerry Hood ‏@kerryhood 20 Aug 2014

        @InYourFaceNYer @RichardDawkins sorry I was picking up on the suggestion it is immoral to bring a child into the world with a disability.

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      7. InYourFaceNewYorker ‏@InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014

        @kerryhood @RichardDawkins It is an interesting dilemma. What about people on the autism spectrum (which I am)? Where would u draw the line?

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      9. Richard Dawkins ‏@RichardDawkins 20 Aug 2014

        @InYourFaceNYer People on that spectrum have a great deal to contribute, Maybe even an enhanced ability in some respects. DS not enhanced.

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      11. Argylist ‏@argyle_argylist 20 Aug 2014

        @RichardDawkins @InYourFaceNYer Who decides who gets to do the utility/suffering calculus? Very slippery slope indeed.

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      13. InYourFaceNewYorker ‏@InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014

        @argyle_argylist @RichardDawkins This is true but it's like RD has said before, we should be able to discuss taboo subjects.

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      14. Argylist ‏@argyle_argylist 20 Aug 2014

        @InYourFaceNYer @RichardDawkins Not arguing for censorship. I think Dawkins is wrong. Arrogant to decide whose suffering is worth living.

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      1. Matthew Balan ن ‏@MatthewJLB 20 Aug 2014

        @RichardDawkins I'll tell you what's "immoral:" suggesting that my cousin should have been murdered in the womb pic.twitter.com/2Oeph4Sc7U

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      3. Biff ‏@MKH2076 20 Aug 2014

        @MatthewJLB @PatriciaHeaton @RichardDawkins Hitler proposed such thinks..... disgraceful.

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      5. ItsJillStrif ‏@JillStrif 20 Aug 2014

        @MKH2076 @PatriciaHeaton @MatthewJLB @RichardDawkins It's the evolutionary idea called Eugenics. Kill the weak to create a super race. #sick

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      6. Matthew Balan ن ‏@MatthewJLB 20 Aug 2014

        @JillStrif @MKH2076 @PatriciaHeaton The cousin of Pope Benedict XVI was murdered for that very reason: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/popes-opposition-to-euthanasia-is-personal-cousin-had-downs-and-was-taken-b …

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      1. Chad Felix Greene ‏@chadfelixg 20 Aug 2014 Huntington, WV

        .@RichardDawkins Do please tell people with DS they dont deserve to live because *you* think its immoral and cruel. @InYourFaceNYer

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      3. John Eales ‏@youngfuddyduddy 20 Aug 2014

        @chadfelixg @RichardDawkins @InYourFaceNYer To say you'd abort a DS pregnancy isn't even close to saying people w/ DS don't deserve to live.

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      5. ilyas çalışkan ‏@ilyasscaliskann 20 Aug 2014

        @John_Eales @RichardDawkins @chadfelixg @InYourFaceNYer what is the line here?? What is the instrument that may decide one be aborted??

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      7. InYourFaceNewYorker ‏@InYourFaceNYer 20 Aug 2014

        @ilyasscaliskann @John_Eales @RichardDawkins @chadfelixg The choice of the woman carrying the fetus.

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      1. David Maliniak ‏@DavidMaliniak 20 Aug 2014

        @InYourFaceNYer With all due respect to you, @spulliam, why do you not simply ignore @RichardDawkins? Why promote misanthropy?

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      2. Sarah Pulliam Bailey ‏@spulliam 20 Aug 2014

        @DavidMaliniak @InYourFaceNYer @RichardDawkins I tweet & retweet things I think might be noteworthy. For context: http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/07/richard-dawkins/ …

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