I first ran into these arguments in an ethics class in college 5 years ago and just thought they were off the deep end. Looks like it is taking on more and more of a mainstream view. Really sad. I really hope most of those holding this view do not have children.
LOL - Oh they probably will.
They are
enlightened and
progressive enough to have children, don't you see?
It's
you, Mundane, that this is aimed at.
Again, that which was old, is new again.
The idea of "culling the herd" is as old as antiquity, with ancient kings declaring that the first born of a entire generation be slaughtered, so as not to pose a threat to their power, to the racially motivated eugenics of more recent centuries, to now, where it is considered the newest and greatest benefit to the planet, to show how "green" you are.
When all it
really boils down to is the ultimate power trip.
You can abuse a man, torture a man, and he will still, if strong enough, refuse you and die, recalcitrant to the end, defying you.
Be able to kill a man's offspring, his children...now that's a different story.