The assumption here, of course, being that vegetarianism is an unalloyed good that is a reasonable alternative with no downsides
People can still read what you wrote.
Yes, and…?
I’m not incredulous, selfishness isn’t a strange phenomenon to me, but I am disparaging, yes, that people would only frame things in terms of handicap rather than benefit.
It’s true what they say - When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. Here you are, framing things in terms of “rights”.
Kids have a right to education, they don’t have an additional overarching right to special treatment.
I do know this. And not because I’m a trained earth scientist, but because I’m an observer of human nature. If people remain greedy and selfish assholes, all the tech in the world is just going to be used to prolong the inevitable.
Because I was a kid, I’ve taught kids, and I have kids. Absent adult encouragement, what normal kid prefers extra calculus lessons over socializing?
I will grant that there are kids who would, but I think they would strongly skew to those having some kind of social disorder. And I’m only talking about normal kids. Special needs kids are a whole other topic (although “keep them with their peers as much as possible” is also the answer there)
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