Is a existence consisting of nothing but intense pain precious? I don't think so.
Yes, but I know from experience that most such children already do not reach birth; an good example of this is "Coppers Syndrome" (spelling may be wrong on that), which is a rather horrible birth defect. Those that aren't aborted are generally "put in the back room" where they are allowed to die. Yes, this is common.
This was the suggestion made by the staff when my sister was born - she has Down's Syndrome, and there was "almost no chance she would survive and have a normal life".
Hmmm... It's 23 years later, and she's still going strong. She lives with my parents, and is one of the happier people I know. I know that my life, and the lives of many who know our family, would be less joyful without her.
Are we going to start screening the genes of unborn children? If it isn't "perfect" (and who defines "perfect") do we abort it? Who says?
This "Professor" has no business teaching anyone. If he has confused the value of human lives and those of non-humans he needs to re-learn the basic values of civilization - starting with why life is precious, and should at least be given a chance.
This is a simple case of an Ivory Tower egghead who wants to play God and think for the rest of us. I certainly will rethink ever sending my child to Princeton...
SAGE is a professional organization for system administrators; you can find more at http://www.usenix.org/
Reasonable rates for individuals, and even better if you can get your current employer to pay for it.
The yearly conferences (USENIX, LISA) are great, and there are many Linux supporters (and detractors) present. Great if you can go; I missed it this year.
Other than that? Read O'Reilly books, read man pages for fun and, when you need to, visit the Scary Devil Monastery.
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Yes, but I know from experience that most such children already do not reach birth; an good example of this is "Coppers Syndrome" (spelling may be wrong on that), which is a rather horrible birth defect. Those that aren't aborted are generally "put in the back room" where they are allowed to die. Yes, this is common.
This was the suggestion made by the staff when my sister was born - she has Down's Syndrome, and there was "almost no chance she would survive and have a normal life".
Hmmm... It's 23 years later, and she's still going strong. She lives with my parents, and is one of the happier people I know. I know that my life, and the lives of many who know our family, would be less joyful without her.
Are we going to start screening the genes of unborn children? If it isn't "perfect" (and who defines "perfect") do we abort it? Who says?
This "Professor" has no business teaching anyone. If he has confused the value of human lives and those of non-humans he needs to re-learn the basic values of civilization - starting with why life is precious, and should at least be given a chance.
This is a simple case of an Ivory Tower egghead who wants to play God and think for the rest of us. I certainly will rethink ever sending my child to Princeton...
Reasonable rates for individuals, and even better if you can get your current employer to pay for it.
The yearly conferences (USENIX, LISA) are great, and there are many Linux supporters (and detractors) present. Great if you can go; I missed it this year.
Other than that? Read O'Reilly books, read man pages for fun and, when you need to, visit the Scary Devil Monastery.