Im not offended by what you have to say. What you say would have rang true in older societies, and I can even see where you are coming from.
However it has to be considered that there are some handicapped people who are capable of things which average people never will be. Look at savants, capable of memorizing everything they have ever seen or heard and doing complex mathematical problems in their heads almost instantly.
They may be very limited in many daily aspects, but that also causes some to become extremely adept in other aspects. We have reached a point of society where not only can a genius, say like Stephen Hawking's exist, but we also have the means to care for and even communicate with them. Who knows what being able to better communicate with these people could do for science, math, and technology in the future?
Also in terms of the workforce, if they are capable of doing their task, why not give them the opportunity? Just because a body doesn't work doesn't mean a brain can't function. And in the case of mental retardation, the ones who are high functioning are in some cases the best employees on earth. They want to show up early, leave late, they often have to be forced to take breaks, they'll often turn out 150% of the work as a regular employee in a single day, and just in general want nothing more than to work and be considered normal.
Survival of the fittest is true for nature, but we don't live like that anymore. The largest muscles don't mean you're better off anymore. It's survival of the smartest and most socially adept now.
Is it normal to wonder why the diseased people are still in gene pool?
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Im not offended by what you have to say. What you say would have rang true in older societies, and I can even see where you are coming from.
However it has to be considered that there are some handicapped people who are capable of things which average people never will be. Look at savants, capable of memorizing everything they have ever seen or heard and doing complex mathematical problems in their heads almost instantly.
They may be very limited in many daily aspects, but that also causes some to become extremely adept in other aspects. We have reached a point of society where not only can a genius, say like Stephen Hawking's exist, but we also have the means to care for and even communicate with them. Who knows what being able to better communicate with these people could do for science, math, and technology in the future?
Also in terms of the workforce, if they are capable of doing their task, why not give them the opportunity? Just because a body doesn't work doesn't mean a brain can't function. And in the case of mental retardation, the ones who are high functioning are in some cases the best employees on earth. They want to show up early, leave late, they often have to be forced to take breaks, they'll often turn out 150% of the work as a regular employee in a single day, and just in general want nothing more than to work and be considered normal.
Survival of the fittest is true for nature, but we don't live like that anymore. The largest muscles don't mean you're better off anymore. It's survival of the smartest and most socially adept now.