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To: Greg or e who wrote (66463)3/9/2015 10:36:53 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
Darwin was one of the greatest and revered men in human history, but you give him far too much credit! Eugenics has existed ever since the human mind and the human heart joined to consider and to care about health and happiness. Plato wrote extensively on it--as have philosophers, statesmen, and educators through all the centuries.

“Eugenics” is a term loaded with historical significance and a strong negative valence. Its literal meaning—good birth—suggests a suitable goal for all prospective parents, yet its historical connotations tie it to the selective breeding programs, horrifying concentration camps, medical experiments, and mass exterminations promoted by Germany's Nazi regime in World War II. Undoubtedly, we have an obligation never to forget the Holocaust, or to allow history to repeat itself. Yet intuitively we have some moral obligation to promote good birthsto have, in the most literal sense, eugenic aims. Indeed, if parents are encouraged to provide the best environment for their children (good nutrition, education, health care, a loving family situation, etc.), why not also encourage them to ensure their children have good genes? If we have some moral obligation to secure the well-being of our future children (a question explored extensively in the literature on the non-identity problem; see the entry on the nonidentity problem), different questions come into focus: how far do such obligations extend, what justifies them, and can related contemporary practices be distinguished, in their aims, forms, justifications, and likely consequences, from the clearly morally impermissible eugenic programs of the past?" Stanford Encyclopedia

The rest of your post is just more slobber flowing from the mouth of an immoral loser--as I pointed out so clearly!

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"why aren't we more logical, like the Wolves are?"
Christ, you're a MORON. Evolution is not about logic. Read the article, you numbskull!

Message 29965678
"You still want to create a Master Race, well all except for the slave drones that you will no doubt breed to be subservient to your every twisted desire. We all know the results will inevitably have YOUR eyes."

My goodness, Greg or ee! Your Reaction Formation is showing! Now, as I have repeatedly said, I am very MUCH opposed to racism and Chosen People! Master Races are for Nazis and Old Testament FUNDIES! ;-)

And Greg or ee? Why would I want anyone to have my eyes?? I have enjoyed rather good looks in my life time, it is true. Good fortune smiled! But my eyes will be of no benefit to me when I have gone extinct, foolish boy!

You are taking a rather shallow view of eugenics and what it means to the educated community. It is not about vanity. It is about compassion and concern for the unborn. It is about trying to alleviate the suffering, the unhappiness, the disease, and the disability in our posterity. You know Gregoree, life has no meaning until an agent interprets some event. If the future of humanity does not matter to you, then that is fine. But the unborn matter to some of us--and it seems rather egoistical of you to make it all about you. You're really not so very important as you think. You are simply riding on the broomstick of narcissism and self-conceit.

Birth control is here to stay. Intelligent parenting is here to stay. The Science that allows us to improve our offspring so that they live happier lives than we lived--that science is here to stay. All your snarling and yapping is just pretentious twaddle. I don't even know if you have the capacity to care about anything. You're a text-book example of a certain type of atavistic emotional defect. Plus...I suggest you seek some help. When was the last time you posted sober???