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Herman Munster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:25 PM Original message |
Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yet another reason I think we should leave such things to Mother Nature |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. That strikes me as some kind of child abuse n.t. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. The ultimate selfishness |
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Crandor (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why isn't this illegal? nt |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm going to f'n puke.... |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Deaf are very clannish |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. I think I heard a little about that case years ago |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hmm. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The difference is that typically the parents discover that the |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Is it that big of a difference? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. um, no |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well, let's have a conversation about it. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. for one, read my post beLow |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Doesn't address my question at all. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. ahh, is this about abortion then? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's related. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. It all goes back to the concept of child. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Exactly. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. It goes to the question of what is a defect. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. i aLmost puked right on bi-baby |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think deafness is a special case. |
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Herman Munster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. what about being gay? |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Homosexuality isn't a defect. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. But some parents would see it that way. |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. You're probably right, |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Yes, but... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. weLL... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Apparently a lot of medical problems can accompany the most |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Another NYT's Piece of Crap article from a Think Tank they love... |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I don't think it's a piece of crap. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. lawsuits in 15 to 18 years... n/t |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. There are some deaf people who think of deafness as a culture |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I was born with a number of "abnormalities" |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. That would probably feel like the ultimate betrayal |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I'd sue my parents for every g-damn cent they had |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. You would think |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. Just as long as they ain't black kids, I guess |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. Finally an explanation |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
38. I see many extremely overweight parents |
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Luna_C_06 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. To me this is just wrong. |
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