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Normally "genocide" is considered bad because it results in living people being killed. I think we can all agree that killing a living person against their will
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
Normally "genocide" is considered bad because it results in living people being killed. I think we can all agree that killing a living person against their will is bad.
But with what you describe as "genocide," not a single person is harmed. To me, an African American person has the same intrinsic value as a white person or anyone else. Therefore, I can't see any particular reason why I should care if we have more or fewer African Americans in the world.
I'm familiar with the argument made by deaf people. But those advocates never seem to address the reversal argument; why shouldn't we also produce new deaf people (e.g. by sedating some children and painlessly puncturing their eardrums) in pursuit of this goal?
- krapp 10y agoBear in mind that many people consider abortion to be murder even when the people it "kills" only exist in the theoretical future. It's not a rational way of thinking, but it is common.
- drdeca 10y agoI believe the usual argument is that the person already is a person, not that they could become one.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoThe people who consider abortion to be murder consider it to be an actual, non-potential baby. Thus, killing that baby is murder. Your argument is merely a straw man that left wing types smugly create and then dismiss to portray those they disagree with as stupid.