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RE: Should gene editing technology be used to remove the violent predisposition?

in #politics7 years ago (edited)

Then you shouldn't edit your genes. You can't stop me and and others from editing ours. If it means leaving to go to a country where you can't do anything about it then it's just going to happen one way or another. And this in my opinion is a human right, to have that autonomy.

Human beings get to decide who to reproduce with. If a woman does not want to have offspring with the local Hitler then she has the right to abort the child. If a child or adult has genes which make them vulnerable to problems then they ought to have the right to deactivate it. Would you let someone with a disease suffer when they can edit their genes to live longer?

Gene editing does not work like how you describe in your post. There is no killing involved. Technology has advanced now to the point where they can either cut out the bad genes using a sophisticated splicing technique, or temporarily turn off the undesired genes in a non-permanent manner.

I am all for giving this level of control to individuals to determine their own destiny rather than to leave it up to chance and their genes.

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