[COLOR="Red"]Okay, ignoring all logistics, effort, time, money, and every other conceivable thing that would not allow this to happen,
Say all governments of the world decided to test each and every human being alive and use the Human Genome Project to find those genes which may cause terminal diseases, and their blood to search for every other non-DNA linked disease. That way, carriers and those with certain diseases would be found out (Autism, HIV/AIDS, other non-curable diseases). All those people then would be shipped to, say, Africa, for the remainder of their lives. Those in Africa without these "errors" would be sent elsewhere. All trade routes would be cut off from Africa, no one going in or out after the migration of the "errors". All land and seas around Africa would be monitored to make sure no one leaves. The people in Africa would stay there and fend for themselves. They could do whatever they wanted. They could form their own, unified nation of "errors", or just go crazy and party all the time. But then again, if any of them wanted to survive, they would need farmers, doctors, etc., which they would have to get from their own population of "errors". Eventually, in the long run, these "errors" would cease to exist. After that, Africa could be repopulated with those without non-curable diseases.
I've always had this idea in my head. I'm wondering of what SP thinks about this. Would it be a good idea for the future to cleanse the gene pool and not allow those with say, HIV/AIDS, to repopulate with those without? I think it would be a interesting idea.
Of course there are ramifications to this. What about children with down syndrome, who will take care of them? What about those who were raped and got HIV/AIDS from their attacker? I realize that there are some things in this topic that would make me cringe, but imagining a world free of deadly diseases I think would make up for it.
Of course you could say I'm biased against those who have these "errors". I probably would have a different idea if I did have Huntington's for example. But, there has been a strain of Alzheimers in my family, but only 1-2 people that I know. My family has also been at a higher risk of heart disease, but that of course is from being Hungarian. So I guess you could say that I might be an "error", yet I highly doubt this.
Someone would bring up the argument of what if a person I knew has Herpes? Well, all the people I care about aren't stupid enough to go without a condom, even if they have sex and increase their chances of a STD.
And imagine a world where there would be no prevalent disease. Where people could not worry about having kids with their spouse because one of them is a carrier. I can only think of more pros than cons for this idea.
Thoughts? [/COLOR]
Say all governments of the world decided to test each and every human being alive and use the Human Genome Project to find those genes which may cause terminal diseases, and their blood to search for every other non-DNA linked disease. That way, carriers and those with certain diseases would be found out (Autism, HIV/AIDS, other non-curable diseases). All those people then would be shipped to, say, Africa, for the remainder of their lives. Those in Africa without these "errors" would be sent elsewhere. All trade routes would be cut off from Africa, no one going in or out after the migration of the "errors". All land and seas around Africa would be monitored to make sure no one leaves. The people in Africa would stay there and fend for themselves. They could do whatever they wanted. They could form their own, unified nation of "errors", or just go crazy and party all the time. But then again, if any of them wanted to survive, they would need farmers, doctors, etc., which they would have to get from their own population of "errors". Eventually, in the long run, these "errors" would cease to exist. After that, Africa could be repopulated with those without non-curable diseases.
I've always had this idea in my head. I'm wondering of what SP thinks about this. Would it be a good idea for the future to cleanse the gene pool and not allow those with say, HIV/AIDS, to repopulate with those without? I think it would be a interesting idea.
Of course there are ramifications to this. What about children with down syndrome, who will take care of them? What about those who were raped and got HIV/AIDS from their attacker? I realize that there are some things in this topic that would make me cringe, but imagining a world free of deadly diseases I think would make up for it.
Of course you could say I'm biased against those who have these "errors". I probably would have a different idea if I did have Huntington's for example. But, there has been a strain of Alzheimers in my family, but only 1-2 people that I know. My family has also been at a higher risk of heart disease, but that of course is from being Hungarian. So I guess you could say that I might be an "error", yet I highly doubt this.
Someone would bring up the argument of what if a person I knew has Herpes? Well, all the people I care about aren't stupid enough to go without a condom, even if they have sex and increase their chances of a STD.
And imagine a world where there would be no prevalent disease. Where people could not worry about having kids with their spouse because one of them is a carrier. I can only think of more pros than cons for this idea.
Thoughts? [/COLOR]