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<span class="mu-g">”You keep talking about the abortion itself- this killing- about how it's supposed to be better this way and all. Yet you never once talk about the reason. You're still killing a baby because it won't have <span class="mu-i">horns</span>. It's a cosmetic change- it's just appearances. It doesn't change them as a person. It's meaningless.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”Why does ugliness exist? Why do people find some things ugly, and some things beautiful? It is not a <span class="mu-i">social construct</span>, it exists for biological and genetic pressures. Symmetrical faces show good hygiene and good communication skills. Height shows good nutrition, at directly correlates to physical strength. Clear skin shows health and resistance to disease. Beautiful people are not merely beautiful skin deep. Someone who is beautiful will also, under every statistical measure, be more intelligent, healthier, stronger, and better in every way to someone who is ugly. Even traits that are “purely cosmetic” as you put them, are signposts for health. We have the same- light muzzles on male Jaxtians? Lack of cheek pads and thick lips means its harder to eat stinging insects and prickly fruits. That was bred out by the Hegemony. What about gray and ugly teeth? Precursors to all sorts of health issues. The Hegemony once spent billions on correct braces and orthodontics for children; now Jaxtians are all born with naturally straight and whiter teeth. White spots in the fur as one ages? Now it is desired to gain white spots on the face and tip of the tail first; instead of the hands or body. It was found later that this hints at premature aging and toxic buildup that leads to <span class="mu-i">GPCS</span>- and is being bred out of the gene pool. Appearances matter. You may not believe this hornless child will have any issues- but don't Vetuckers cool their bodies with their horns? Don't they use it for communication, and as a way for their bodies to dump excess proteins during adolescence? Without the horns, this child will be sexually and socially unwanted, his brain overheating in his heavy skull bred for hard impacts, with too many proteins in his blood that could lead to all other forms of problems. Will any of these kill him? No- but it will cause an inevitable lack of quality of life.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”He will still be an individual, not a statistic, all of those may not even be true!”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”There will soon be three billion Vetuckers. Should we treat every one as an “individual”, when it comes to assessing their value? Statics are used in governance and medicine because they work. People are not that special. You are not unique. The resources they all need and crave? I've had enough of this foolishness-”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”It's just mean. You're not even giving him a chance to experience life. It's cruelty.”</span>
