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I should have known better.  Sorry to have bothered you.

Steve Jones� wrote in message <01be29f1$505d46e0$d5418dd1@root>...
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>Larry McQueary <mcqueary@nospam.com> wrote in article
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>> Dan, honestly, because they comprise about 99% of the posts in co.general,
and I
>> really think they belong in co.politics alone.  Otherwise, why bother having
>> more than one group for Colorado at all?  Am I really the only person that
gives
>> a rat's ass about this?
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>You're the only Rat with an Ass ...period.
>Take you whines, grab some cheese, and throw
>a party for yourself ...
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>> Dan D. wrote in message <74mlk3$343$1@news1.rmi.net>...
>> >In co.general Larry McQueary <mcqueary@nospam.com> wrote:
>> >->Everybody say it with me:  co.endless.content-free.rhetorical.wars.  But
not
>> >->co.general.  Thanks.
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>> >Why don't you learn to killfile threads which don't interest you?
>> >
>> >-DanD
>> >
>> >->Melissa wrote in message <36635501.0@news.mho.net>...
>> >->>In article <36632a55.134752879@news.dimensional.com>,
>> >->>   weiser@dimensional.com (Scott Weiser) wrote:
>> >->>[...]
>> >->>>>What about tobacco smokers?
>> >->>>
>> >->>>Their conduct just kills them, it doesn't really affect their
>> >->>>judgement or their ability to function in society.  No, I'd just
>> >->>>relegate them to only smoking in their own homes.
>> >->>
>> >->>In the closet with the lights out. :)  Remember, smoking around others
isn't
>> >->>exactly victimless. 5 year olds in smoking households have been found to
>> have
>> >->>impaired lung function, and are much more likely to get asthma later, so
>> that
>> >->>makes it a form of child abuse.
>> >->>
>> >->>..
>> >->>>It's such a shame that Hitler gave eugenics such a bad name.   There's
>> >->>>nothing intrinsically wrong with trying to improve the human genome or
>> >->>>with trying to prevent the spread of inherited genetic faults.
>> >->>
>> >->>Like maybe homosexuality or transsexualism? Not to deny that it may have
>> been
>> >->>much more convenient to society, had I been snuffed in the womb.
>> >->>
>> >->>> We
>> >->>>still do it to some small extent by requiring blood tests before
>> >->>>marriage so that obvious and well known faults like hemophillia which
>> >->>>are certain to create ill children are detected early.
>> >->>
>> >->>There's a difference between filtering for real known diseases and some
of
>> the
>> >->>other uses such techniques could be put to.
>> >->>
>> >->>>Indeed, it's Nature's mandate that we do so, whether we do it
>> >->>>conciously or not.   Evolution is intended to weed out the unfit.
>> >->>
>> >->>And it's one thing when nature does it, and quite another when people
start
>> >->>dinking around.
>> >->>
>> >->>I'm concerned that someday soon, some Nazi loon will cook up an airborn
>> version
>> >->>of ebola, which only affects blacks and Jews. That's scary!
>> >->>
>> >->>>  We,
>> >->>>as sentient beings however, have found far too many ways to frustrate
>> >->>>natural selection.   This may be a philosophically attractive thing to
>> >->>>do, but it may also be species suicide in the long run.
>> >->>
>> >->>Context is everything, eh?
>> >->>
>> >->>>I think that such genetic counseling should be mandatory for those
>> >->>>wishing to procreate.  I don't suggest that they should be forbidden
>> >->>>to do so, but few rational adults would choose to create a child
>> >->>>doomed to a short, unpleasant life from some genetic flaw in the
>> >->>>parents.
>> >->>
>> >->>True, but when you get into dictating things like sexual orientation, or
>> other
>> >->>things that some may consider less than desirable, and others may not, it
>> >->>really gets to be playing with fire. You could wind up with a world of
nice
>> >->>"normal" zombies.
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>> >->>>As we learn more about genetics, and how to predict the grosser
>> >->>>abnormalities, we should indeed do what we can to eliminate them from
>> >->>>the gene pool by making certain that parents are fully informed of the
>> >->>>consequences of their choice to procreate.
>> >->>
>> >->>Stay tuned, eh?
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>> >->>>The difficulty is, of course, ensuring that such programs are not
>> >->>>turned to evil, as Hitler did.
>> >->>
>> >->>And who gets to decide what's evil and what's not?
>> >->>
>> >->>> That's admittedly a tough job, but if
>> >->>>any nation can do it, we can...if we make the choice to do so.
>> >->>
>> >->>What a thrilling prospect to look forward to. If the ebola doesn't get me
>> >->>first.
>> >->>
>> >->>..
>> >->>>It's interesting that Switzerland has been trying the "Getafix
>> >->>>Centers" to try and reduce drug crime and violence, with places where
>> >->>>addicts can go and get government-approved drugs.   Seems it's not
>> >->>>working very well, and they have just voted to do something else.
>> >->>
>> >->>Why wasn't it working well? I heard something about them voting not to
>> legalize
>> >->>all drugs now.
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>> >->>
>> >->>That's my opinion  - Melissa
>> >->>
>> >->>"It's not easy being cute." - The Warner Brothers' sister Dot.
>> >->>
>> >->>To email me, remove the spam proofing capital letters on each side of the
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>> >->>in my email address.
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>> >--
>> >#  Dan D (kd4igw)  dand@rmii.com    dand@frottage.com  http://rmii.com/~dand
>> >#  Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet
>> >#  he has left it out of his heaven.  -Mark Twain
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