Should Fat People be allowed to Breed?

[KeinMitleid]

If obesity is a 'genetic' problem as so many fat people claim, then why don't we simply bar them from breeding?

[Bloodnigger]

That's a good point.

But advocating eugenics would get you shot by Commissar Obongo.

[KeinMitleid]

That's a good point.

But advocating eugenics would get you shot by Commissar Obongo.

Oh believe me I'm fully aware of the consequences of being right

[Rædwald]

I think fat people are such a drain on the healthcare system; with all that extra surface area. Being over a certain weight should automatically volunteer yourself to donate skin graphs for people who give a damn about their bodies, but were injured in unfortunate circumstances.

[FeederOfRavens]

No and fat people should be forced to become fit or be imprisoned.

[Guapo]

Good morning north america

[Reign of True Hayasa]

Eugenics - A touchy subject I'd like to explore

I have some pretty strong feelings about eugenics (it's a good and necessary practice), but I find it very, VERY difficult to talk about it with anyone since I'm instantly labeled a Nazi for supporting it. I'm hoping the folks on Think Atheist will be more inclined to intellectual discussion than name-calling and dismissal.

The start off, some disclaimers: genocide is wrong; taking human rights away from people of a race/religion/hairstyle you don't like is wrong; concentration camps are wrong; violence in wrong.

There. Now to the actual discussion.

When I talk about eugenics, I'm talking about the practice of systematically removing debilitating genetic traits and defects from a population by means of regulating the reproduction of its citizens. Do you have Schizophrenia? Did you know that this ailment is genetic and very easy to pass on to you children? Please, do not punish an innocent child with this problem. Are you genetically healthy, intelligent, and talented? Do you have special immunities that make you less likely to get sick? By all means, spread these traits to future generations, either by having children yourself or donating to a sperm or egg bank. Do you want children but should not carry your genetic problems onto them? Adopt. Adoption will always be available no matter what the society (just because someone has good genetic material does NOT mean they would make a good parent). Do you say that adoption is not the same? Then I suppose you care more about satisfying your selfish desires than the well being of a child.


Eugenics is, at its base, very simple - think about the future first.

I'm leaving this post now for what I'm hoping will be thoughtful and anti-inflammatory discussion.

[Pjeter Pan]

Good morning north america

its 10:55pm :

[Guapo]

Good morning north america.

[Ars Moriendi]

The State need not be concerned with such menial matters, other than procuring healthy food instead of greasy junk, and educating active physical education and proper habits socially.

If there are indeed unfit people, they will progressively dissapear on their own provided the State doesn't promote disgenesic measures: Forced fertility for sick people, impotence medicines, articial conception.

Humans are too mediocre to decide what's best for them, so the only wise thing to do is to promote natural health, and let nature do its part.


Eugenic human programs are bound to fail by their own weight, and can only happen within an apparatus that is deeply corroded by dementia.Typical example of ivory towers with clay foundations.