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Nasa Shill



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RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial

Sadly, Kapkao may be right in the US.  Buck v Bell still stands as precedent.  Sad, but true.  It has never been formally overturned even if it *APPEARS* to be dead letter.  The rights of the disabled exist as statute (Americans with Disability Act) and not stully as Court doctrine until that precedent is overturned.  

That is why I will plug the memorial idea again.  It sets a cultural tone that society disapproves of sterilization (and by extension other forms of cruelty).  As society evolves, there is a better chance of a reversal of that precedent.

ConLang Wrote:

Kapkao Wrote:
The sterilization of the mentally retarded- wasn't this rendered moot by laws determining that the mentally retarded can't legally "consent" to sex with another adult?


No.


Please visit my call for a memorial to the victims of eugenics:

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthre...?tid=23907

and also my call for an alternative to Autism Speaks:

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthre...?tid=23955

And, if you have time, also my science fiction story about Sasquatch and his struggle to remain free.  It combines "monster fiction" with philosophy and questions about how humans came to be:

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthre...#pid477606
03-13-2012 09:20 PM
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Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Nasa Shill - 02-09-2012, 05:15 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Genesis - 02-16-2012, 10:36 PM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - LadiKapitan - 02-17-2012, 12:39 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Lang - 02-21-2012, 09:43 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - LadiKapitan - 02-26-2012, 05:57 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Lang - 02-26-2012, 06:13 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Genesis - 02-26-2012, 06:16 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Ana54 - 02-26-2012, 11:24 PM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Kapkao - 03-07-2012, 12:53 PM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Lang - 03-13-2012, 01:46 PM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Nasa Shill - 03-13-2012 09:20 PM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Kapkao - 03-07-2012, 01:08 PM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Kapkao - 03-16-2012, 09:24 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Kapkao - 03-16-2012, 10:09 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Lang - 03-20-2012, 12:21 AM
RE: Victims of Eugenics Memorial - Kapkao - 03-20-2012, 12:59 AM

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