MCN wrote:You're talking about restricting the right to reproduce.
Yes, I am. I don't believe it's a 'right'. No lion ever respected the right of a zebra to breed first before it ate it. Rights are an artificial construct. We make them what we like. e.g. the right to a fair trial. Mother nature and complex social constructs have a patchy history.
Seeing as reproduction is pretty much the only reason we exist in the first place
There is no 'reason' for our existence, unless you're 'spiritual'? In which case this discussion will go nowhere.
you may as well just kill anyone you don't like the look of.
Not sure one is a logical consequence of the other, but my point remains the same - we, as a society, are ALREADY collectively making such subjective judgements. We just prefer to use the cover of some other pretext e.g. it's too expensive for everyone to have all the IVF they need. I agree, it is too expensive, but suddenly that 'reason for our existence' and 'inalienable right' stuff is looking a lot less watertight.
And you're right, not every has offspring, but it IS an inalienable right to at least have the chance.
The army never shot anyone who might have wanted to breed but hadn't had the chance?
Not to mention the issues of severely reducing the gene pool, which always ends in tears. Effectively, you're talking about selective breeding, which is about as inhumane an activity as I can imagine, as it allows certain genetic flaws to go by unchecked, leaving the door wide open for certain diseases and conditions to manifest themselves. Many diseases and conditions which have not even been discovered yet.
Again, there's no logical consequence there. 6 billion of us all came from a tiny genepool apparently. And what we're currently doing is encouraging the survival of flawed genetic material by, e.g. allowing the infertle to reproduce
You might as well just go out with a gun and shoot anyone you don't like. Tell the police you were doing it so the human race becomes a little more how you'd like it to be.
Cal once had the idea of free sniper rifles for the over 40's. With a little adjustment to the idea - an IQ based upfront assessment of eligibility - it's my favourite idea he's ever had. I already live in SE London, so ammo will be no problem. Nor a shortage of targets. *insert winky*