RE: Skeptic Michael Shermer comes out in support of human cloning

From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 06:48:42 MST


On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Lee Corbin wrote:

> > Actually, there is an emerging body of civil law
> > in "wrongful birth" suits.
>
> Complete insanity.

How so? Never come into being is much better than living a life of
constant misery.
 
> But for the person with defects, e.g. me, to be anything
> but extraordinarily grateful that he got to live is
> stupid and silly. Apparently people, if they're honest

Well, some of those with defects are so extraordinaly grateful that
they're stupid and silly enough to die of such defects, or commit suicide
because they can't stand the pain.

> and not just out for a fast buck, who file such law
> suits against their parents don't realize that a blemish
> free version of them would be someone else.

Huh? They wouldn't be there to start with. That's the whole point: if life
is hell it's better it never started. Being dumb about it is somewhat more
excusable than actual malice aforethought but it still leaves us with one
not exactly happy camper on our hands.



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