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Limitless Heroics: Better worlds via Dice & Disabilities 5e

Started by dkabq, January 16, 2022, 08:06:48 AM

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GeekyBugle

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February 19, 2022, 10:24:43 PM
Quote from: Omega on February 19, 2022, 07:37:57 PM
Quote from: oggsmash on February 19, 2022, 07:08:55 PM
  Well...it is the termination of specific genes, so taken down to the nitpick...are they right?

No.

My family has a long history of genetic mutations. More than a few causing deformities. Without regular treatments my niece will be a circus freak. My sisters nearly died twice from hers and one of my aunts never got to live at all.

One of my friends has as spent most of their life isolated and unable to eat or even touch most things due to debilitatingly broad, and in some cases lethal, allergic reactions.

Some genes need to be terminated. These are maladies only the insane would embrace or want to prevent others from being cured of.

Even less severe things like the cause of poor vision should be cured if at all possible.
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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

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Spinachcat

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February 19, 2022, 10:50:11 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on January 16, 2022, 08:46:55 AM
This. Is. A. Fetish.

If you want to help people that badly, donate to a charity.

There's a charity to help weirdos with their sick disability fetish?

Do they offer free lobotomies or helicopter rides ala Pinochet?

Ratman_tf

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February 20, 2022, 12:08:25 AM
Quote from: oggsmash on February 19, 2022, 05:40:58 PM
  Imagine if gene editing could remove all disabilities like autism.  I remember years ago hearing some dude tell a person calling in who was gay, what they would think if genetic engineering came to a point where no one was ever born gay again.  The caller was aghast, and the radio dude even reminded the person that just seconds before they had said they were born that way, did not choose it, and really did not want it.   Needless to say the person on the phone was at a complete loss and the conversation ended quickly.   

    I am not saying being gay is a disability, but if we were able to gene edit, and then everyone was born in the correct body, no mental health problems, no disabilities from birth, etc, what exactly would happen to people like the current crop of woke SJWs?

I never liked the "born this way" argument in the first place. I understand it was a way to legitimize being gay by saying it isn't a choice, and we shouldn't stimatize people for things they have no control over.
But the statement begs the question, would it be alright to stigmatize being gay if it were a choice?

My answer would be No. So long as it's between consenting adults, I don't put any stigma on being gay or bi or whatever. Which makes the "born that way" point irrelevant.

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