Except that’s not the decision they’re making. Sorry guys, Geordi is completely missing the point here. The straw lady is right. It’s not that disabled people are worth any less, it’s that nobody should be made to suffer. And you don’t get to decide for somebody else that their condition isn’t a case of suffering; just because you’re perfectly happy living with your disability, or even don’t find it debilitating at all, doesn’t give you the slightest right to inflict it on someone else.
It’s not every day I read a post this unapologetically pro-euthanasia.
nobody should be made to suffer
If you believe death is the better alternative to possible suffering, kill everyone. No, really. I mean it. All of life is a risk of future suffering, and nobody should be made to suffer.
Kill all girls in sexist, patriarchal societies. (Historically, being female is the biggest disability you can have. Still is in lots of places.)
Kill all albinos in sub-Saharan Africa.
Kill all child brides.
Kill all prisoners.
Kill everyone in war-torn countries.
Kill everyone in HIV hot zones.
Kill everyone in famine areas.
Kill everyone living on the streets.
Kill everyone grieving the loss of a loved one.
Kill everyone who is living because they might become terminally ill, paralyzed, or depressed.
Except that’s heinous, isn’t it? The idea that another person can look at someone’s life and say it’s not worth preserving is one of the most evil mindsets one can have. And you advocate this because of a possibility! Don’t you see how unbelievably arrogant you are?
just because you’re perfectly happy living with your disability, or even don’t find it debilitating at all, doesn’t give you the slightest right to inflict it on someone else.
The right to inflict. The right. To inflict.
You’re saying that I don’t have, or should not have, the legal right to birth and raise a disabled child.
Wow.
Life is not inflicted, but death can be. They’re already alive; if you want to alleviate suffering, work towards a cure or a solution. Just because you’re perfectly happy to dismiss other people as unworthy of life doesn’t give you the slightest right to inflict death on someone else.
Aaaaabsolutely rekt. REKT. WRECKED. THANK YOU. I can’t believe roccondilrinon typed that out and meant it.
do note that this will probably mean US phones will follow this standard as well, as manufacturing streams are much easier to maintain as streamlined as possible, and having two separate standards like this makes it more of an expensive hassle for a company
this is also known as the Brussels Effect, where a regulation in one part of the world (usually the EU) results in new global standards.
