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Originally Posted by sapiens
Where are these recent studies that show that the effects of inbreeding aren't dire?
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You've never looked at a pedigree for a dog or cat have you?
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It's perfectly reasonable to respect the Amish
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Hold on to this thought. It's important in a minute.
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An argument from effect doesn't make much sense to me. Suffering of all kinds here and abroad may not affect me directly, but I can still care about its existence and hope for its end.
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And that's my point. The Amish are CHOOSING to live a life that we view as suffering, but which they view as normal and in fact necessary if they want to get into heaven. I'm a proponent of freedom of choice, so as long as what the Amish are doing does not negatively effect me or the rest of non-Amish society, I'm not going to rag on them for it.
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However, whether or not the same abuses are present in non-Amish american society is irrelevant. Is your argument the anthropological equivalent of "But Clinton did it to!"?
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No, and a 3 minute think session would show you why. Superbelt said:
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It's a culture I hope dies out one way or another very soon.
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And he listed a bunch of arguments that basically amounted to "because they don't think like me"
So I was pointing out that wanting a society to die out OR change simply because they're not like your society is asinine, and was further pointing out that they're not as different from our society as he makes them out to be.
Nice try though. I'll give you that much.