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user-inactivated  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When is an individual not responsible? What does 'responsible' mean?

faith is very powerful... and no, i dont think you get to decide. i think you put your sperm in there, and hope that the brown eyes show up. you or i dont decide which genes get passed down. if we did, then you woudl take the gene without the heart condition and throw it away adn have kids, right?





OftenBen  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good thing you don't get to decide for me then.

If I could choose such a thing, which may be possible in our lifetime, then yes, I would reconsider the idea. But until I know for a fact that's the case, not going to happen.

user-inactivated  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

well....you could be carrying the gene for a beneficial characteristic...have you thought of that? have you thought that even if they get the heart disease, they might react to it differently as in give them drive to do more...or whatnot.

OftenBen  ·  3620 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    have you thought of that?

Yep. Still not worth it.

I imagine a scenario, where my genetic child finds out that I knew everything I knew about my illness, it's inheritability, the high risk of death in adolescence, the restrictions it places on those who manage to survive to adulthood, and conceived them anyway. I knew that they had a high likelihood of suffering as I have suffered, and inflicted it upon them anyway.

I can't claim ignorance, as my parents do. They had no idea what was in their genes, no one did, 22 years ago.

We've left the topic I want to discuss though, which is responsibility.

user-inactivated  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

also, how do y ou do that with the quotes? making the statement shaded lightly, are you just copy paste?

OftenBen  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Put it in between | marks. Click the markup button when you hit reply to see formatting tips.

user-inactivated  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thank you....and i very much enjoy us conversing. however, i do think these conversations are better had live. but alas i digress.

thenewgreen  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey TB, if you look in the upper right hand corner of the comment box when you are making a reply or a comment, you will see the "markup." -Click on it for a description.

user-inactivated  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thank you, and i like that TB, it doubles for tuberculosis.