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Date Posted: 04/30/03 8:31pm
Ben,
I have tried to send this message to you several times, and it appears to be continuously deleted. I only wish to discuss this matter with you, not to make you feel defiant. Please reply ... I am extremely interested in your opinion.
I work for the Health Care of Children Society, an institution formed for the well being of children all over the world. My job specializes in the care of deformed children everywhere; therefore I wish to add MY opinion to your own.
>>since animals are capable of walking away from a dying, deformed baby of their own species, why aren't we?
Well, first, let's start off with the fact that that's a part of life. Only the strong survive in the wild. Carrying a deformed baby around would only yield more risk to the mother and other babies. This does not relate to human beings. Carrying deformed babies does not put our lives in danger...and we have the technology nowadays to keep these babies alive. Plus, the whole purpose of animals is to reproduce young, healthy, and strong babies so that their population grows bigger and definitely stronger. They have up to 5 babies at a time whereas we only have about one every year. Most women treasure these little bundles of joy; no matter how deformed, ugly, or mentally ill.
>>Would it not be better if humans could take a good look at a deformed or retarded child and say, "Hey, this person shouldn't add his genes to the gene pool. We also shouldn't spend thousands upon thousands of dollars taking care of a person who can never contribute to society." Interestingly, students with special needs get far more money than average or above-average students, and which students are more likely to give something back to the world? Is it so far from our minds to gently take the lives of people whose lives may be very low quality anyway? Can we not look at someone whose mother was a crack addict and say, "Why let this person endure what is most likely going to be a horrible life?" We have people with six thousand dollar chairs who go to special tax-funded schools where their main goal for the year is to learn to hold a ball in their hands. While these people are nice to be around for their innocence, are we really doing them a favor by keeping them alive?
You state that we should be able to go up to a deformed child and say that they should not be able to add their genes to the gene pool. Who said that all deformities were genetic? Cerebral Palsy and Mental Illness can be acquired through diseases(such as Scarlet Fever which damages the brain) and severe injuries(Christopher Reeves who fell off a horse and was paralyzed(cerebral palsy) for life.
There are several grand examples of people who had the most difficult lives and yet overcame their difficulties. Have you ever heard of Joseph Carrey Merrick (1862-1890)? He was also known as the Elephant Man because of the tumors he had all over his face and hands. Underneath all of this, even though he was part of the poor class, he was one of the smartest people in London at the time that he lived. No one paid attention to him, though, because of his low status and looks. Few people helped him, but to those he wrote thank you notes every time they did. He always ended his notes with this:
"Tis true my form is something odd, but blaming me is blaming God;
Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you;
If I could reach from pole to pole, or grasp the ocean with a span;
I would be measured by the soul;
The mind's the standard measure of man."
That he should have to write something describing mankind in the way he did, is terrible. It gives us the view of how many deformed people must look at us; their thoughts are probably,"Why should you look at me like that? I am a human being."
You also state that thousands of dollars are being WASTED on taking care of these children whom will never be able to contribute to society. This is not true. Our country's taxes do not all go to such foundations for these children. In fact, only a small percent goes to said foundations. From this small percentage, great advances are being made that allow severely deformed people to survive, develop, and ultimately contribute to society as they live meaningful lives. This statement that you make is basically saying that deformed children are a burden to society; which is definitely not true.
>>Interestingly, students with special needs get far more money than average or above-average students, and which students are more likely to give something back to the world? Is it so far from our minds to gently take the lives of people whose lives may be very low quality anyway?
The only reason that students with special needs get far more money than regular or above average students is that we are trying to teach them where they need help SO THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY! Above average students - hmm...well...if they're above average...why do we need to give them extra equipment when they are already capable of learning without extra stuff? You also say that their lives may be low quality....but...how do you know? Surgeon General C. Everett Koop once said: "Who knows what happiness is for another person?"....some children love being popular; some sports; others reading....we're all different!
>>We have people with six thousand dollar chairs who go to special tax-funded schools where their main goal for the year is to learn to hold a ball in their hands.
You like to say that they can't contribute to society. WELL...the whole idea of spending a small percentage of tax money is so that they CAN contribute to society!!! Also, many of them do not learn to hold a ball... that is not necessary to live; they usually learn things like how to sit up on their own, things that help them learn to become more independent.
>>We should not be after white Anglo-saxon offspring, but we should be after increasingly intelligent, physically fit offspring.
Where's the fun in that??? Besides, several youth are intelligent...they just don't have the determination to learn and do the work. What can we do about non physically fit offspring? I'm not physically fit but I would say that I am pretty intelligent....would you kill me because of that?....what about injuries that cause a child to become mentally ill or deformed later on in their life?
Crystalline (just dare to write me back!!! there's more, MUCH more, where that came from. but seriously, write me back. besides, the society is interested in your reply.)
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