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If the option exists to, via noninvasive gene therapy, eliminate disease and genetically inherited sickness and deficiency, and even improvements like limited calorie absorption which would lead to a healthier and more economically verdant society, are we not ethically and morally obligated to utilize said option? Basically, if the capability to improve humanity exists by our own intervention, is there any cogent argument to be made for keeping around "God's children" or those who would undoubtedly steadfastly refuse such helpful interventions, ala vaccines?
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Jun 11, 2016 00:07
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I would say yes because there are already too many loving people I have to deal with
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Jun 11, 2016 00:08
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Only if access and treatment are distributed equally among the population otherwise rich people would become a new subspecies and there would be a formalized slave race in those who could not afford treatment thanks for listening
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Jun 11, 2016 00:10
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gently caress off nazi
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Jun 11, 2016 00:11
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Boomstick Quaid posted:Only if access and treatment are distributed equally among the population otherwise rich people would become a new subspecies and there would be a formalized slave race in those who could not afford treatment thanks for listening hmmm, this sounds a lot like you aren't down with capitalism BQ could it be that capitalism is hollow of answers for the new millennium?
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Jun 11, 2016 00:11
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The Protagonist posted:hmmm, this sounds a lot like you aren't down with capitalism BQ I think it's the plot to the book the time machine or something let me double check Edit: yeah eloi and morlocks
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Jun 11, 2016 00:12
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like for instance right now if I'm on the bus and I don't want people near me I just start coughing and sneezing up a storm, but imagine those people need not fear my germs, how would I keep part of the bus safe from others
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Jun 11, 2016 00:12
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Nigmaetcetera posted:gently caress off nazi okay check off one for keeping around fat people and degenerates when given the choice
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Jun 11, 2016 00:12
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If that means we can phase out the white menace that has plagued this planet for millennia I'm down with it.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:13
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sounds good to me, lets do it
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Jun 11, 2016 00:13
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Celluloid Sam posted:like for instance right now if I'm on the bus and I don't want people near me I just start coughing and sneezing up a storm, but imagine those people need not fear my germs, how would I keep part of the bus safe from others the bus would be replaced with single-serve autos 
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Jun 11, 2016 00:13
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The Protagonist posted:the bus would be replaced with single-serve autos I want to live in that world so bad. I can't wait for the technocratic dictatorship of the future.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:15
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:I can't wait for the technocratic dictatorship of the future. good news friend, it's coming i hope you're not attached to voting though
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Jun 11, 2016 00:16
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Anyone who uses the word "degenerate" is a nazi and should be subjected to heinous tortures. Same for "neoeugenics". If you want it to sound benign and not fascistic call it "genetic engineering". I'd be 100% behind genetic engineering.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:19
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I would think it's a social imperative to do better for one's self and for others, yes. Depending on who you ask, though, different social groups have different opinions on what doing better for one's self and for others really is. If we could all reach a consensus, could we absolutely trust that we were doing the right thing? I dunno. I'm far too sleepy for this, so I'll resign with: I'm never having kids. Do what you want OP.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:19
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Nigmaetcetera posted:Anyone who uses the word "degenerate" is a nazi and should be subjected to heinous tortures. Same for "neoeugenics". If you want it to sound benign and not fascistic call it "genetic engineering". I'd be 100% behind genetic engineering. that's what it is you goofball
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Jun 11, 2016 00:20
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Celluloid Sam posted:like for instance right now if I'm on the bus and I don't want people near me I just start coughing and sneezing up a storm, but imagine those people need not fear my germs, how would I keep part of the bus safe from others wait i lied, your anti-social tendencies may be removed in lieu of a new transit system, pending a comparative budget review
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Jun 11, 2016 00:21
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Nigmaetcetera posted:Anyone who uses the word "degenerate" is a nazi and should be subjected to heinous tortures. Same for "neoeugenics". If you want it to sound benign and not fascistic call it "genetic engineering". I'd be 100% behind genetic engineering. gently caress off fatty
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Jun 11, 2016 00:22
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The Protagonist posted:that's what it is you goofball The word "eugenics" has connotations of people getting their nards chopped off, not retroviruses rewriting people's DNA so they produce hyper-intelligent children that are immune to all disease. Language matters!
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Jun 11, 2016 00:22
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Digital Fingers posted:gently caress off fatty Shut up I'm losing weight.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:22
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Nigmaetcetera posted:The word "eugenics" has connotations thats why i added the neo- prefix geeze
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Jun 11, 2016 00:24
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Make it so that in order to get improved sight, cognition, respiratory and musculature function, etc. you also have to get brown or black skin. That'll filter out plenty of racists.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:24
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The Protagonist posted:thats why i added the neo- prefix geeze That just makes it sound like neo-nazism
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Jun 11, 2016 00:24
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Nigmaetcetera posted:That just makes it sound like neo-nazism I was thinking more like Neo-Tokyo.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:26
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*a man is busy dropping cinder blocks on the head of some babies* "thats NOT cool dude, infanticide is wrong" "actually it's not infanticide, it's googagojakyoyomanohongen" "o well... carry on then"
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Jun 11, 2016 00:28
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eliminating neurodiversity is obscene *drops pants, takes a huge poo poo, rolls in the poo poo*
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Jun 11, 2016 00:30
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Digital Fingers posted:*a man is busy dropping cinder blocks on the head of some babies* googagojakyoyomanohongen is Dutch for "dropping cinder blocks on the heads of babies who have been genetically engineered to thrive upon such treatment"
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Jun 11, 2016 00:31
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Nigmaetcetera posted:googagojakyoyomanohongen is Dutch for "dropping cinder blocks on the heads of babies who have been genetically engineered to thrive upon such treatment" lol
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Jun 11, 2016 00:33
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why even bother if you're not going to commit some genocide as well
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Jun 11, 2016 00:34
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The Protagonist posted:If the option exists to, via noninvasive gene therapy, eliminate disease and genetically inherited sickness and deficiency, and even improvements like limited calorie absorption which would lead to a healthier and more economically verdant society, are we not ethically and morally obligated to utilize said option? No because it's triggering and invading snowflakes safe spaces.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:34
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Digital Fingers posted:*a man is busy dropping cinder blocks on the head of some babies* that sounds pretty invasive and therefore not relevant to the discussion taking place in this thread Hope This Helps
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Jun 11, 2016 00:37
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The Protagonist posted:that sounds pretty invasive and therefore not relevant to the discussion taking place in this thread Hope This Helps i was criticizing the thought that changing what term you use to describe an action turns that action into something different from what it is not comparing your OP to killing babies. calm down retard
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Jun 11, 2016 00:40
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Removing suffering suggests that living in tortured agony is 'better' than living in blissful comfort. And that's just not okay.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:42
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Digital Fingers posted:i was criticizing the thought that changing what term you use to describe an action turns that action into something different from what it is not comparing your OP to killing babies. calm down retard oh okay then consider me calmed, it's just that your post was easily connoted with an "olde-style" understanding of what eugenics was, not what it Could Be
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Jun 11, 2016 00:43
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The Protagonist posted:If the option exists to, via noninvasive gene therapy, eliminate disease and genetically inherited sickness and deficiency, and even improvements like limited calorie absorption which would lead to a healthier and more economically verdant society, are we not ethically and morally obligated to utilize said option?
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Jun 11, 2016 01:01
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maybe consider reading the rest of the sentence wit
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Jun 11, 2016 01:03
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Ever see the movie Gattica? I watched it in high school astronomy class
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Jun 11, 2016 01:05
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The Protagonist posted:maybe consider reading the rest of the sentence wit
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Jun 11, 2016 01:12
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wit posted:That's what a dogwhistle is though, something with a little "uhoh" phrase embedded in an otherwise reasonable sounding polite and rational sentence. People have been perfecting it for years to play within the rules of political correctness while getting a horrible politically incorrect message across. both of you should shut up
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wit posted:That's what a dogwhistle is though, something with a little "uhoh" phrase embedded in an otherwise reasonable sounding polite and rational sentence. People have been perfecting it for years to play within the rules of political correctness while getting a horrible politically incorrect message across. you probably think eliminating sickle cell anemia is racist
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