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Originally Posted by seebs
I usually ask them about cystic fibrosis.
Because, yes, I have talked to a person who had cystic fibrosis, who was very firmly of the opinion that his parents were fuckups and should have had him aborted.
This sort of short-circuits the "but wouldn't you want to live?" argument. In at least one case, the answer was "well, frankly, no."
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and what did you tell that person?
my father raised a lot of money for cystic fibrosis through a group he was a part of. many of them had much better attitudes, even if they did have hard lives.
i'm sure there are physically healthy people that wish their parents aborted them, too.