Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has sprung a leak, polluting Ash Coulee Creek

[Nonnel]

http://www.sciencealert.com/that-thing-the-standing-rock-protesters-were-afraid-of-just-happened
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/15/505658553/pipeline-spill-adds-to-concerns-about-dakota-access-pipeline
https://www.rt.com/usa/370331-over-5-miles-creek-polluted/
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/12/pipeline-spills-176000-gallons-of-crude-into-creek-about-150-miles-from-dakota-access-protest-camp.html

the pipeline has now spilled oil into a creek 150 miles away from the standing rock protests, polluting national parks and private property, and confirming the protesters' fears

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[Foxscotch]

hilariously sad

[beachbum111111]

That seems like it opens up the door to loads of abuse of normal people. If someone becomes a paraplegic, do you expect them to go off and die even though they're still fully mentally aware,

You're implying a paraplegic can't get a desk job or nearly any job that doesn't require manual labour.

[Gytyyhgfffff]

[Planr]

i dont believe in global warming but i vehemently hate pollution

[Nonnel]

You're implying a paraplegic can't get a desk job or nearly any job that doesn't require manual labour.

assuming they have little education and have worked in manual labor their entire life

[Foxscotch]

You're implying a paraplegic can't get a desk job or nearly any job that doesn't require manual labour.

and what about quadriplegia?

[Nonnel]

and also it's sorta beside the point
should anyone have to die just because they can't contribute to others

[beachbum111111]

assuming they have little education and have worked in manual labor their entire life

Customer support isn't a very education demanding job.

and what about quadriplegia?

Funnily enough Foxscotch I know a quadriplegia (well sorta quadrol, she has an arm but no fingers on that arm, rest of the limbs are amputated). She works as a psychiatrist.

and also it's sorta beside the point
should anyone have to die just because they can't contribute to others

Even people with downs can contribute to society and work certain jobs. Granted they can't live alone but contribution is still contribution.

[Nonnel]

Even people with downs can contribute to society and work certain jobs. Granted they can't live alone but contribution is still contribution.

still beside the point
should people be treated properly because they are useful or because they are human beings

[Foxscotch]

should people be treated properly because they are useful or because they are human beings

you are asking the wrong person dawg

[ShadowsfeaR]

http://www.sciencealert.com/that-thing-the-standing-rock-protesters-were-afraid-of-just-happened
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/15/505658553/pipeline-spill-adds-to-concerns-about-dakota-access-pipeline
https://www.rt.com/usa/370331-over-5-miles-creek-polluted/
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/12/pipeline-spills-176000-gallons-of-crude-into-creek-about-150-miles-from-dakota-access-protest-camp.html

the pipeline has now spilled oil into a creek 150 miles away from the standing rock protests, polluting national parks and private property, and confirming the protesters' fears

Lmfao, people who thought this wouldn't happen are so delusional.

[otto-san]

still beside the point
should people be treated properly because they are useful or because they are human beings

i don't see how it could be anything but the latter. usefulness is completely subjective, and it is a thoroughly awful idea to give anyone or anything power over what standard of "usefulness" should be used to tell people how valuable they are and how they should be treated

if you treat people as less than a normal person because you don't think they're "useful," you're straight up being an starfish.

[Insert Name Here²]

hilariously sad

[Juncoph]

...essayons again?

i don't see how it could be anything but the latter. usefulness is completely subjective, and it is a thoroughly awful idea to give anyone or anything power over what standard of "usefulness" should be used to tell people how valuable they are and how they should be treated

if you treat people as less than a normal person because you don't think they're "useful," you're straight up being an starfish.

problem: defining human in an era where sentient robotics are right around the corner