An Evil Guest - Big Questions, Major SPOILERS

Gwern Branwen · 21 Sep 2008, 22:56 · from 2008-September.txt.gz

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From: gwern0 at gmail.com (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:56:44 -0400
Subject: (urth) An Evil Guest - Big Questions, Major SPOILERS
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On 2008.09.21 18:40:08 -0400, Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com> scribbled 3.4K characters:

>    Re: ATF: I should have remembered about the ATF.
>    Re: defective: I considered that, but "defective" has the ring of manufacture about it; as in
>    "I returned the defective TV to the store." And these aren't kids being aborted from the womb:
>    this is "post-parturition" (i.e. after-birth) abortion. Are we supposed to assume that there
>    are people who would a) give birth to a child with Down Syndrome and then b) abort it after
>    living with said child for a few years. I don't think anyone good enough to do a) would be
>    cold-hearted enough to do b).
>    -Matt

I've not enjoyed EG yet, but the moment someone mentioned 'defective', I immediately thought of eugenics. Particularly in post-birth situations, I think that's the right connection to draw (Nazis and 1930s and all).

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