Disabilities

[LondonCalling]

As a very small percentage of potential parents are screened for these sort of defects, usually only after having trouble conceiving at best. Fiscal responsibility would dictate that a) it would cost billions to identify these defects in all potential parents, b) would place an unnecessary burden on the nation's already overstretched health care system, and c) advocates further tax dollars toward caring for a child whose medical costs could reach into the millions before it's out of nappies, which could be prevented.

If the couple have the financial independence to properly raise a child in such circumstances, hats off to them, and should be exempt from any sort of governance. However, bringing a child into the world in such dire circumstances, essentially relying on the public health system to make it work whilst it lasts, is just wrong for all parties.

 

[Brewster_]

We need to breed out the genetic predispositions for disability in human beings.

All other disabilities should be handled according to the individual merits of each case.

Tell us more, Mein Fuhrer.

Geez, there are some dodgy units on this forum.

 

[HarryTiger]

Notice the blind guy on Dancing With The Stars had a blind child? He must have known his condition was genetic and still took the risk.

Irresponsible or his right to breed? They could have used doner sperm and IVF.

 

[bit_pattern]

Tell us more, Mein Fuhrer.

Geez, there are some dodgy units on this forum.

lot's of lol's this arvo

 

[J_Moore]

Why has footyfreak dug up a 5 year old thread?

 

[footyfreak]

Why has footyfreak dug up a 5 year old thread?

why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

It's a strange world.

 

[Wally Carter]

Tell us more, Mein Fuhrer.

Geez, there are some dodgy units on this forum.

and what may they have been.

as for forced sterilisation and some poking fun at people with disabilities, you are a real disgrace imo.

The stupidest people in any conversation are the one that immediately resort to the moral high ground.

 

[Wally Carter]

CF, take 2 parents to be defective, not just the one.

The development of CF in the fetus requires each parent to pass on a mutated copy of the CFTR gene

So just because a mother has the mutation, why should she be sterilised?

Where did I state that women only carriers should be sterilized?

 

[Chief]

Notice the blind guy on Dancing With The Stars had a blind child? He must have known his condition was genetic and still took the risk.

So?

I have a sighted friend who has a blind mother and two blind brothers. The brothers are both successful in law and business. He's a good bloke but bounced from job to job for a good 25 years.

 

[Black Ball]

They actually had a few good ideas.

Yeah you're right about that, there was more to old Adolph than a lot of people realised.

 

[Black Ball]

So?

I have a sighted friend who has a blind mother and two blind brothers. The brothers are both successful in law and business. He's a good bloke but bounced from job to job for a good 25 years.

Bet he wouldn't change places with his two blind brothers!

 

[Black Ball]

Tell us more, Mein Fuhrer.

Geez, there are some dodgy units on this forum.

Nearly as dodgy as some of the players on your list!

 

[crackers57]

Why has footyfreak dug up a 5 year old thread?

5th Anniversary......FF is very sentimental

 

[bit_pattern]

why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

It's a strange world.

Win!

 

[EasternTiger]

Hi,
Just wanted everyone's thought on disabilities from a social, cultural or political view point ?

Thanks

Disabilities is when bad things happen to good people.

 

[BomberGal]

The stupidest people in any conversation are the one that immediately resort to the moral high ground.

So you enjoy the moral low ground, do you?

There's actually a very good biological reason why you wouldn't want to go breeding out 'genetic predispositions' to disabilities. You would end up with a more genetically homogenous population which is more susceptible to disease caused by the environment or inbreeding, and you decrease the ability of the population to evolve. Get rid of sickle cell anaemia susceptibility in some countries (Africa, for example) and the population will start dying of malaria. Though it would be unsurprising if you thought this would be a great idea.

Not only would we not want to breed things out anyway, but it would be impossible. Organisms/species mutate at a given rate and you simply cannot stop this (it's how anything evolved in the first place). Remove a mutation from the population and odds are it will re-appear.

Sorry if that's too 'moral high ground' for you.

 

[Docker Clint]

Bet he wouldn't change places with his two blind brothers!

Nice.

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