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The difference being, in this case, that this type of hormone treatment is a medically responsible and widely accepted treatment for both things.
I don’t disagree with you at all.
It wasn’t me arguing against the post, just thinking out loud basically.
I like the philosophy aspect of finding where the line is.
I do it with like everything.
Figure this one out, usually people find things that are fluffier less edible, but a squirrel and a rat are essentially the same animal but people will totally eat squirrel, but I don’t ever hear of people commonly eating rat even when other food is available.
The fluffiness actually works against it.
A pigeon and a dove are the same damn thing only differently colored.
Most people wouldn’t eat a pigeon, but they would eat a dove or a squab
The problem is that you're not the one deciding what drug to prescribe. The government is.
And even if you were, shouldn't the decision on "where to draw the line" be made by the parent, the child, and their doctor?
We can have all the philosophical conversations you want but we have people who are being affected by this right now.
Yeah, this is why I downvoted the original "cocaine" comment.
Even if it was "thinking out loud," it's just an absurd thing to say when we are talking about children's lives here.
And I’m not against your conversations, or your goals.
We can do both
The fluffiness of the animal is kind of irrelevant? Rats and pigeons are generally perceived as potential disease carriers, regardless if they are more likely than squirrels or doves to carry.
YSK, squirrels carry the Black Death.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/squirrel-tests-positive-bubonic-plague-colorado/story?id=71769840
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