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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Is having children a justifiable act anymore?
 
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OldTennisCourt
Sep 11, 2011

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True Detective season 1 was really good.

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OldTennisCourt
Sep 11, 2011

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TomViolence posted:

And season 2 was disappointing poo poo which, much like existence, shouldn't be inflicted upon anyone.

Season 2 owned too and it sucks the plebs got all in a bother about it.

Same people who were expecting Season 1 to end with Rust fighting a mystical monster Yellow King

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OldTennisCourt
Sep 11, 2011

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OwlFancier posted:

That procreation produces magnitudes more suffering than violation of bodily autonomy. in the same way it's ethical to violate someone's bodily autonomy by arresting them if they show evidence of intent to harm others, it is ethical to do so if they show evidence of intent to create life that will primarily suffer. Bodily autonomy is not inviolable, it is simply desirable to preserve it without a good reason not to.

If you could flip a switch and sterilize the entire planet, it would produce a horrible world, but it would be a very finite amount of horror. A procreating world has far, far more time to endure far, far more horror.

You could also make a somewhat awkward argument that creating life itself is a violation of the bodily autonomy of the created individual, or at least that all subsequent suffering can be traced back to the initiation of that life, incurring a degree of fault at that point, but I would probably not lead with that argument as I don't think it's as strong.

why are you monologuing like a villain in a Metal Gear Solid game.

~whips cape around while robo-mechs throw F-16s away~

"Snake.....If you could flip a switch and sterilize the entire planet, it would produce a horrible world, but it would be a very finite amount of horror. A procreating world has far, far more time to endure far, far more horror.

DON'T YOU SEE!? THE PATRIOTS WERE WRONG SNAKE!"

~throws hands to the sky as score goes into overdrive~

"COME TO ME SNAKE....LET US BATTLE FOR THE FATE OF OUR SPECIES!"

OldTennisCourt fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Mar 31, 2017

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