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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @12:03AM (#33667122)
I think a good counter to "would choose to be alive" is "but would they choose to be born to different parents"?

Sure, you might say it wouldn't be the same child, but life is so chaotic that just from the random decisions you make, any potential child of yours changes wildly day-to-day anyway. That's a million potential children that would choose to be alive, in the time where you could have maybe one. So that's not enough justification. There are lots of good reasons to have children, but you need those reasons, not merely "would choose to be alive".

Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by kuramitropolis on Saturday November 19, 2022 @11:52AM (#33671803)
I've noticed that the same kind of person to make the "would choose to be alive argument" would also make the "but you can't choose your parents" argument. It's completely insane.