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In reply to the discussion: A future without tomboys and lesbians? [View all]Deep13
(39,157 posts)17. True, and ironically it was part of the progressive movement.
But tinkering with eugenics--selective sterilization and whatnot--in this country never approached Nazi efforts. The problem is we never got over the idea that humans are improvable. Non-therapeutic cosmetic surgery, giving growth hormone to short but normal children, a potential for genetic engineering of children--selecting things like gender, height, and eye color: all these things mean people still think we can "improve" people. Now, I don't have a religious objection--let God decide--but it is pretty clear that "improving" people based on arbitrary social norms is a bad idea.
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This is totally outrageous if true. Has it been independently verified
ProgressiveProfessor
Aug 2012
#2
This seems a total ignoring of normal study standards...just incredible
ProgressiveProfessor
Aug 2012
#22
Well, I find the whole philosophy behind it pretty spiritually bankrupt.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2012
#23