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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.

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.
->>
->>>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?
->>
->>>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.
->>
->>
->>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 @
->>in my email address.



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