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The title of the article makes no distinction between victims who were already pregnant during the incidents and those who weren't. When trying to answer “If y

The title of the article makes no distinction between victims who were already pregnant during the incidents and those who weren't. When trying to answer “If you are hit by two atomic bombs, should you have kids?”, I believe it's fair to take into account both situations. And then I believe the general answer is ‘No’. More in line with the article the headline could've been “If you're hit by an atomic bomb, is it possible to have kids years after?”. To which apparently the answer is ‘Yes’.

ars 14y ago
If you are pregnant you basically already have kids, they are just not born yet. (i.e. give it time and it will happen, as opposed to getting pregnant which requires action.) (i.e. it says "have" which means a future action not "keep" meaning inaction - if you want to nitpick.) Deciding to abort a baby due to bomb exposure is a completely different question, both morally and biologically. The situations are so incredibly different (DNA can repair things a living organism can not) that yet again I'm amazed at how you combine them. Is it ignorance? Trolling? A simple refusal to back down from a mistake?
- Samuel_Michon 14y ago
  I see where you're coming from. However, I simply disagree with you. Which doesn't per se mean I'm ignorant, trolling, or refusing to back down from a mistake. To me, 'Having children' means you birth them and raise them. By shooting your sperm during unprotected sex you didn't just 'make babies' or 'have children'. I personally believe life does not start at conception, and as long as they look like tadpoles, I won't acknowledge them as something human. Heck, I even have my doubts about newborns. I find babies annoying and ugly as sin, and I doubt they have much of a psyche to speak of. (Granted, the last statement may not be a healthy perspective; I blame eXistenZ — http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/ )
  - greedo 14y ago
    Just out of curiosity (and not wanting to assume anything about you) but do you have kids of your own?
    - Samuel_Michon 14y ago
      As I'm sure you've gathered, I do not. I do intend to raise children. I suspect I'll feel differently about those then, and probably even about other people's children. I've seen it happen to several of my friends who have become fathers, I have no illusion that it will be different for me.

ars 14y ago

If you are pregnant you basically already have kids, they are just not born yet. (i.e. give it time and it will happen, as opposed to getting pregnant which requires action.) (i.e. it says "have" which means a future action not "keep" meaning inaction - if you want to nitpick.) Deciding to abort a baby due to bomb exposure is a completely different question, both morally and biologically. The situations are so incredibly different (DNA can repair things a living organism can not) that yet again I'm amazed at how you combine them. Is it ignorance? Trolling? A simple refusal to back down from a mistake?

Samuel_Michon 14y ago
I see where you're coming from. However, I simply disagree with you. Which doesn't per se mean I'm ignorant, trolling, or refusing to back down from a mistake. To me, 'Having children' means you birth them and raise them. By shooting your sperm during unprotected sex you didn't just 'make babies' or 'have children'. I personally believe life does not start at conception, and as long as they look like tadpoles, I won't acknowledge them as something human. Heck, I even have my doubts about newborns. I find babies annoying and ugly as sin, and I doubt they have much of a psyche to speak of. (Granted, the last statement may not be a healthy perspective; I blame eXistenZ — http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/ )
- greedo 14y ago
  Just out of curiosity (and not wanting to assume anything about you) but do you have kids of your own?
  - Samuel_Michon 14y ago
    As I'm sure you've gathered, I do not. I do intend to raise children. I suspect I'll feel differently about those then, and probably even about other people's children. I've seen it happen to several of my friends who have become fathers, I have no illusion that it will be different for me.