• jcg@halubilo.social
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    11 months ago

    I guess you could say they’re missing body parts, but not humanity parts (necessarily)

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      11 months ago

      Yeah kind of - I think “a complete body” is neither necessary or sufficient to make one a “human being.”

      For example, there are plenty of murderers, rapists, and pedos with “complete bodies,” that have entirely lost their humanity in commission of their crimes against humanity. (However, I will always argue that this can never be a justification to exact cruelty upon them, as we necessarily lose our humanity in that process).

      And there are so many people with “incomplete” bodies who are amazingly beautiful and strong human beings.