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Originally Posted by J pold
I voiced my opinion on this topic in a thread a couple of months ago but here it goes again.
I have very rare fairly serious allergy. It has put me in a life threatening state before and I have been treated for it in emergency rooms before. I'm exposed to it almost everyday not matter what I do. However managing my condition is my responsibility not anyone else. I could put a lot of people in my life at a large inconvenience to try accommodate my needs but I refuse to do that. I take the necessary precautions to do whatever I have to too prevent myself from having a serious reaction. I don't expect others do too that. Because of this I have little to sympathy for parents with kids that have a peanut allergy. It's there responsibility to take care of there children.
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I can see your point but you do sound a little bitter that you have the same concequences as peanut allergy people and none of the public supports..
The genetics argument is a little weak, who's to say what genetic improvements are. I'm not saying that there isn't some truth or that it's not complete bunk, but I think it's hard to say what kind of genetic mutations are wrong or right.
The Penicillin example is a good one, people can argue how much it lets people live longer when they would have died before, so the species gets weaker. I agree with the over use part, but anyone who's not a religious zelot can't say to me that wouldn't give it to someone in thier family if they were sick because it makes the species stronger if thier loved one dies...