Should the retarded have the same rights as humans?
2006-11-28 13:28:21 · 13 answers · asked by nitenurse 3 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
oh WOW what a question.....with absolutely no bigotry at all.....
I suppose if you are wanting to have this question answered it would first be appropriate to first define retarded..
what I would like to know is who would get to make that definition
Politicians......Doctors.......Lawyers.......or perhaps it would be easier if we just got a posse together and just made up our own minds who had human rights and who didn't....hmmm yeah... that sounds suitably scary.....
Wow scared myself there....nearly made Charles Manson mode....
Prat
2006-11-28 13:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by bluegreenash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't unanimous. I think animals have the right to be free from harm.
The retarded should have the rights they are capable of using with the knowledge of what they mean, but not reproductive rights. The human gene pool is in enough of a mess without making it worse.
2006-11-28 13:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mentally defendant person is not an animal. They are human, and deserve the same rights.
If animals were to have the same laws as humans. It should be vice-versa. If someone steps between me and my child, I should have the right to maul them to death. If someone sticks their hand in my face while I'm eating, I should have the right to bite their fingers off. And finally, I should be able to marry a duck, walk around naked, and treated the same as a hamster.
2006-11-28 13:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by Shiomi Ryuu 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What a terrible question. Retarded people are human! They do have the same rights even if they do not exercise them.
2006-11-28 13:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by ♥♫♥ Crystal ♥♫♥ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why are you asking a question like that, Should you have the same rights as humans??? I don't know why people keep wasting our time with these lame questions!
2006-11-28 13:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by MRod 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what the animal rights question was but all sentient beings should have the same rights.
2006-11-28 13:32:07 · answer #6 · answered by Barks-at-Parrots 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
animals are different, when they can talk and pay the bills then maybe! Beware of putting down the disabled, how would you like to have a special ed child!
2006-11-28 13:44:28 · answer #7 · answered by Apple 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The germane question; should cokeheadsally have any rights at all?
2006-11-28 15:06:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are humans... aren't they?
I don't know, my friend's sister has down syndrome, and she's always sticking things up her cootchie... like hair brushes, bristle side up. I'm not sure if she's prepared to vote in the next election... hanging chads and all
2006-11-28 13:31:02 · answer #9 · answered by Smitten_Kitten 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Everyone is equal and we should treat others how we would like to be treated.
2006-11-28 13:45:30 · answer #10 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋