Re:China suppression of Uighurs meets U.N. definition of gen...
by throwaway6274 on Sunday July 05, 2020 @02:00PM
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I don’t understand how you can say something like that with a clear conscience. But then again I don’t understand how China can treat the Uighurs the way they are and sleep at night either. I suppose people just rationalize other people in collective societal delusion as “sub-human” to the point where it’s easy to ignore.
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Re:China suppression of Uighurs meets U.N. definition of gen...
by Udik on Sunday July 05, 2020 @02:24PM
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> I don’t understand how you can say something like that with a clear conscience
Not the gp, but my position is that equating a fetus to a person is a fallacy based in the idea that it's a potential person. Which however means it's actually not one. Human beings have language, thought, self-awareness, memories, knowledge, experience, friends, family, hopes and fears. A fetus, wild speculations aside, has none of these. A dna is just a long molecule, not necessary and not enough to attribute humanity. A developed brain and a sense of self instead are both necessary and sufficient. A fetus has neither.