I will keep this straight and short. As some of you may suspect, I can be an opinionate jerk.
This one has me torn. I have spent time in state hospitals, and my heart twisted by what I saw. Ten-year old kids drooling, strapped into wheelchairs for 8 years. Dazed and not even drugged - not needed. I could have gone through with an Uzi, putting people out of their misery. I take my hats off to the workers in those places. They are better than me.
On the other hand, as you point out, it is a slippery slope that has the potential for abuse, and I don't like what I see with the way they are using it in Europe or China.
I agree with both sides and disagree with both sides, and it is beyond my limited ability to come up with any workable idea.
Posted By: willywonka4u
Alright, I'll state from the outset here, that this is a controversial idea, especially given that some of the worse horrors in modern human history happened using a Eugenics program.
But I wanted to offer this idea just for the board to kick around. I'm not endorsing this idea, I just would like your thoughts on it.
It's a slippery slope for sure, but I was thinking about what might be possible if we had a voluntary Eugenics program to produce desired results.
Suppose one person is predisposed for a certain ailment (such as heart disease), should this person recieve a tax break for marrying someone not predisposed to that illness, with the assumption that their offspring woule be less likely to be susceptible to heart disease?
Alright, I'll state from the outset here, that this is a controversial idea, especially given that some of the worse horrors in modern human history happened using a Eugenics program.
But I wanted to offer this idea just for the board to kick around. I'm not endorsing this idea, I just would like your thoughts on it.
It's a slippery slope for sure, but I was thinking about what might be possible if we had a voluntary Eugenics program to produce desired results.
Suppose one person is predisposed for a certain ailment (such as heart disease), should this person recieve a tax break for marrying someone not predisposed to that illness, with the assumption that their offspring woule be less likely to be susceptible to heart disease?
I will keep this straight and short. As some of you may suspect, I can be an opinionate jerk.
This one has me torn. I have spent time in state hospitals, and my heart twisted by what I saw. Ten-year old kids drooling, strapped into wheelchairs for 8 years. Dazed and not even drugged - not needed. I could have gone through with an Uzi, putting people out of their misery. I take my hats off to the workers in those places. They are better than me.
On the other hand, as you point out, it is a slippery slope that has the potential for abuse, and I don't like what I see with the way they are using it in Europe or China.
I agree with both sides and disagree with both sides, and it is beyond my limited ability to come up with any workable idea.
Posted By: willywonka4u
Alright, I'll state from the outset here, that this is a controversial idea, especially given that some of the worse horrors in modern human history happened using a Eugenics program.
But I wanted to offer this idea just for the board to kick around. I'm not endorsing this idea, I just would like your thoughts on it.
It's a slippery slope for sure, but I was thinking about what might be possible if we had a voluntary Eugenics program to produce desired results.
Suppose one person is predisposed for a certain ailment (such as heart disease), should this person recieve a tax break for marrying someone not predisposed to that illness, with the assumption that their offspring woule be less likely to be susceptible to heart disease?
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