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HEREDITY CAN BE ABUSED | 2006-01-17

Shari mentions in her comment, very reticently, that our power over heredity can be abused.

But this point needs to be mentioned, and Shari brought it up despite the fact taht she knew exactly what my reply would be.

Thanks, Shari.

Yes, the main argument against "genetic manipulation" is that it can be misused.

As Shari knows, my reply to this astounding revelation is:

"No joke?"

This did not keep Shari from bringing it up. It was a needed point, and Shari had the moral courage to mention it.

So on with the reply Shari's comment allows me to make:

Communism is only one of the doctrines which is based entirely on nurture versus nature. Not only can nurture be misused, but Communism alone is respeonsible for over one hundred millions deaths in the last century.

Please forgive me for descending into fanaticism, but I suggest that the power over nurture has in this case been, let's say, "misused."

The argument is that we can ignore the moral dimension of genetics because Hitler misused his power.

That argument does not strike me as being sane, much less reasonable.

COMMENTS (2)

#1 joe rorke | 2006-01-17 19:36

One of the things I have noticed at least in the USA is that so many people don't know how to present a case, don't know a bad case when they hear it, accept an argument as having validity when there is no validity to it at all. "The argument is that we can ignore the moral dimension of genetics because Hitler misused his power." To whom could such nonsense be presented? Hitler misused his power? Stop the press! Hitler, presumably, was the only person in the history of mankind that was in a position of power and misused it. Golly, gee, Sargeant Carter, I never thought of that! None of that crap about Hitler negates the argument in any way. As usual, it attempts to divert the argument away from the real issues. This is lightwork. I sincerely hope that young folks today can tell the difference between a valid argument and unmitigated BS. 'Cause there's heaps and heaps and heaps of BS out there. Turn on the political propaganda tube and it's there day and night. It's as if they're speaking to idiots.

#2 Peter | 2006-01-17 20:49

So far, our power over heredity <i>is</i> being abused. It's called White genocide.