Postnatal Abortion?

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Postnatal Abortion (Infanticide) has been practiced throughout humanities 250,000 year history.

The REAL question should be: Why has infantacide only recently been called into question.

[McGiver]

Postnatal Abortion (Infanticide) has been practiced throughout humanities 250,000 year history.

The REAL question should be: Why has infantacide only recently been called into question.

population control?

the rich elite have decided that there are already enough slaves.  any more would be a burden on their bottom line?

[El]

I've often wished I was born with Down's.  This is a horrible thing to say but I thoght about it under the premise that I'd be too dumb to know how badly life sucks, and I'd be happier more of the time.

[Litigious]

I've often wished I was born with Down's.  This is a horrible thing to say but I thoght about it under the premise that I'd be too dumb to know how badly life sucks, and I'd be happier more of the time.

It could be worse than being an aspie knowing how life sucks. You could be born just dumb enough to suffer tremendously, but at the same time not dumb enough not to be aware of your stupidity...

[El]

I've often wished I was born with Down's.  This is a horrible thing to say but I thoght about it under the premise that I'd be too dumb to know how badly life sucks, and I'd be happier more of the time.

It could be worse than being an aspie knowing how life sucks. You could be born just dumb enough to suffer tremendously, but at the same time not dumb enough not to be aware of your stupidity...

Sometimes it feels like that's about where I am now.     Anyway, it's not a constant wish, but a passing one that surfaces every so often.

[purposefulinsanity]

Postnatal Abortion (Infanticide) has been practiced throughout humanities 250,000 year history.

The REAL question should be: Why has infantacide only recently been called into question.

Probably because in most of the world people have access to birth control now so needn't become pregnant if they don't want to for any reason in the first place, access to abortion if they do accidentally become pregnant and standards of living are a hell of a lot better now.  All of these reasons mean that people are less likely to find themselves with 10 kids to feed and no money (or not enough crops to do so). Why  should a person's life be valued less because they are still an infant?

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........Why  should a person's life be valued less because they are still an infant?

Because they have'nt had a substantial amount of resources invested in them yet.

The amount if time, money and effort invested in raising and educating someone has a significant influence on what they're "worth".

[Lurk Hurk Gurk]

In my view, infants have not yet come far enough to develop the kind of sapient mind that makes them a person - though they are well on their way to, making it neccessary to draw the line somewhere beyond a couple of months when it becomes unclear whether so has occured - and thus are not yet subject to moral conciderations; you could just as well swat a fly.

[Nomaken]

I find it is a pretty common sentiment of intelligent people that they occasionally wish they were dumber.

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I find it is a pretty common sentiment of intelligent people that they occasionally wish they were dumber.

 

[Nomaken]

Has there been a trend lately of taking some topics a little too seriously?

[drewtheyellow]

Has there been a trend lately of taking some topics a little too seriously?

Yes and as we all know, seriousness = bad. I mean think about it for a few seconds. Why be serious? No reason whatsoever. It is clearly evil.

[McGiver]

Has there been a trend lately of taking some topics a little too seriously?

or in a different direction.

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Has there been a trend lately of taking some topics a little too seriously?

or in a different direction.

What?? Here on Intensity?? THAT would be a first!! 

[McGiver]

i just aborted a flo.