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Old 01-08-2008, 08:55 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Debateman, is it a kind of cultural genocide if a parent could have something done gestationally to a child to prevent him or her from being born mentally retarded? That with it's own culture of special education, Special Olympics, guardianships, little busses, group homes, and the like...

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Yes. It's a type of cultural genocide. We are born the way we are born for a reason. Believe in God or just forces of nature, each of us has a role to play issued to us in part by our genetic makeup. While we should strive to improve health, we should not forget that we are toying with something of which we have no idea of the long term consequences. Gay people have been around since the beginning of time... just as those who are perfectly 'normal', those who suffer from mental retardation... all of us. There is a balance that nature is creating. We shouldn't be toying with it.
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