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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: [QB] I'm not saying that I agree with what they've done. Far from it. I'm just saying that I think they ought to have the right to do it. It wasn't exactly Dr. Genetrakon blazing into her womb with his impair-o-ray to make the child deaf (and I might feel differently were this the case). It was two women wanting to raise a child and selecting a sperm donor with a desirable (for them) trait. I don't agree with their choice, but I feel strongly that they should be allowed to make that choice if they fully understand the consequences that choice entails and are prepared to deal with those consequences. I totally agree with Cartman in thinking the children might come to resent it. I know that missing out on music completely would really piss me off, but that's because I have that ability now. If I had never heard it, things might be different. [QUOTE]originally posted by PsyLiam [qb] The majority of people are born able to hear. We have ears designed to allow us to hear. Human beings are, my design, designed to hear. Not hearing goes against that standard design. Nothing arbitary about it.[/qb][/QUOTE]Not to stir the bees-nest here, Liam but I have little faith in majority rules. A majority of people are also heterosexual. One could even argue that the species was biologically designed for heterosexual coupling (Since (until recently) same sex pairings don't generally produce offspring). I would certainly hope that no one would percieve homosexuality as being heterosexually-impaired. I know I certainly wouldn't. These people view their condition in a similar light. I mean to use the grotesquely PC term, they are "differently-abled", and unless that means they are incapable of providing for their child, I don't think their reproductive rights should be any different than anyone elses. *knows he's going to catch a burning shitstorm for this, but rests easy in the knowledge that it is the Flameboard.* [/QB][/QUOTE]
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