https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/ Advocating for people with Down syndrome Wed, 11 May 2016 19:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-325 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:39:06 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-325 Language has nothing to do with the inherent dignity of a human being. You are simply using a classic eugenic and genocidal argument of trying to deny the humanity of the victim. It is an old and failed theory.

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-322 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:04:00 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-322 Abortion and infanticide of humans is no more evil than killing cows or pigs for food. What is evil is killing persons, and not all humans are persons. Persons are individuals who can use language regardless of species such as apes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_ape_language

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-296 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 04:06:01 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-296 […] work. We have a follow up blog that covers some of the historical comparisons that you mention https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/ Be Sociable, Share! […]

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-243 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:41:00 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-243 Suzy you are fantastic! Love it. I have two down syndrome children now, 24 years apart, my first and my last, and I also have a father who is a genius sociopath. No contest as to who actually makes the world a better place to live in!

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-236 Sun, 12 May 2013 19:28:00 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-236 Powerful, disturbing reading. Thank you for sending me the link Mike.

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-234 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:04:00 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-234 And the best you can do is a snarky comment that trivializes evil?

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-226 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:26:11 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-226 […] Click here to read the full article on the Saving Downs Website April 25th, 2013 | Tags: abortion, Alberto Giublini, bioethicists, disability, Down Syndrome, eugenics | Category: Abortion, Eugenics, Society Issues […]

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-225 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:56:00 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-225 Wouldn’t that be great! My son with DS has a far higher EQ than, for example, a sociopathic CEO of an oil and gas company I know of! This sociopath causes untold pain and harm as he does not have a conscience or ability to empathise, let alone love, so he is therefore less of a human being-certainly less of a human being than people with DS who, in my experience, without exception (and I know a lot of people with DS) have very high degrees of capacity to love and be empathetic. I’d prefer to detect sociopathy in order to monitor them and intercept when they cause harm. A further point is that sociopaths most certainly are extraordinarily burdensome to society.

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-223 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:29:10 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-223 Hopefully.

]]> https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/arent-we-the-clever-ones/#comment-222 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:47:00 +0000 https://www.savingdownsyndrome.org/?p=3646#comment-222 Do bioethisists consider empathy a higher level capability and part of the making of personhood? It would seem this snake might eat itself, no?

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